Registration
You can only vote in elections if your name is on the Register of Electors, You must also bring your voter ID with you.
The following people are allowed to vote:
- if you are eighteen years or over
- all British, Commonwealth, Irish and other European Union citizens
- overseas electors
- members of HM Forces and their spouses
- crown servants employed outside the United Kingdom
- European citizens are allowed to vote in European and Local Elections only
- overseas electors are allowed to vote in Parliamentary and European Elections only.
The electoral register and the 'open register'
There are 2 versions of the electoral register - the full version and the 'open register'.
You can opt out of the open register. This is the version of the register that’s available to anyone who wants to buy a copy.