Updates to the Electoral Register

The electoral register is updated on the first working day of each month except October and November.

If your application to register to vote has been successful, your name will appear on the next applicable update to the electoral register.

Additional deadlines apply before elections take place. Applications to register to vote must reach us by midnight, 12 working days before an election. If you have been asked to provide evidence of identity, we must receive a copy of this by midnight, 6 working days before an election.

We contact residential addresses every year to check that the electoral register is up to date. This is known as the annual canvass. If you apply during the annual canvass (after the August deadline), your name will be added to the revised register that is due to be published on 1 December.

Please note that the dates above are set in law, so we are unable to fast track applications.

Credit reference agencies

Registered credit reference agencies are entitled to purchase the electoral register and monthly updates. See credit referencing and the electoral register for further information.