Who can register
You can register to vote if you are:
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aged 16 or over (but you cannot vote until you are 18)
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a British citizen, Republic of Ireland citizen or Commonwealth citizens with leave to remain in the UK
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a citizen of European Union (EU) member states (but you cannot vote in Parliamentary General Elections)
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resident at an address within Selby district
Electoral Registration
The law has changed as to how residents can be added to, changed on, or removed from the register.The government provided guidance and prescriptive forms which we must use to when making any changes to the electoral register. We can no longer move electors from one property to another or make changes without supporting documentary evidence being provided.
To be added to the register
Each person must complete an individual application. The easiest way to do this is via the government website www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
- Your full name and address,
- Any previous address (so we can start the deletion process from this address
- when you are registered at your current address)
- Your contact details (which are only stored and used in relation to your application on the electoral register)
- Your nationality (required to validate your eligibility to vote).
- Your date of birth
- Your national insurance number
- Whether you wish to be on or excluded from the edited/open register
- Your voting preference* – ie if you require a postal vote
How to register to vote with no fixed address
You can join the electoral register even if you have no fixed address. This may be because you are:
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a patient in a mental health hospital
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a homeless person
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a person remanded in custody
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The institution where they are currently resident.
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The address at which they would be living (or have previously lived).
Registration dates
Registration date cut-off |
(If required) supporting evidence received by |
Published and distributed by |
13 December 2021 |
21 December 2021 |
4 January 2022 |
10 January 2022 |
18 January 2022 |
1 February 2022 |
7 February 2022 |
15 February 2022 |
1 March 2022 |
10 March 2022 |
18 March 2022 |
1 April 2022 |
7 April 2022 |
19 April 2022 | 3 May 2022 |
10 May 2022 | 18 May 2022 | 1 June 2022 |
9 June 2022 | 17 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 |
8 July 2022 | 18 July 2022 | 1 August 2022 |
10 August 2022 |
18 August 2022 | 1 September 2022 |
Annual Canvass |
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1 December 2022 |
Changing your details
Removal from the register
In line with the changes in 2014 (apart from when an elector has died) to remove someone from the register we require two sources of information to complete the process. In most cases we are notified someone has moved out of a property which starts the removal process, we then write to that person at that address which allows them to the time to ensure we have been given and acted upon the correct details, and if no response is received the removal is completed. Many electors have their post re-directed, and having received this letter either confirm the details are correct or re-register at their new address which removes them from their old one.
Credit Reference agencies
Privacy Notice
Please find the privacy notice for elections and electoral registration here.