What if my name is missing from the Register?

If you cannot find your name on the Register, or if you have recently moved into the borough, you can complete an Electoral Registration Form. This asks for details of your full name, your present address and when you started living there, and your old address. Please note this is not an on-line form. You will need to print the form out, complete it and send it to the address shown below. A separate form needs to be completed by each person who must sign his or her own form.

Electoral Services will issue a monthly update, called a "List of Alterations". These will be published every month except, October, and November. The December list is the next full Register of Electors.

When we receive your form, and if everything is in order, your name will be shown in the List of Alterations. The relevant dates are:

Deadline for entry in the Electoral Register
Deadline for receipt of applications Effective date added to Register
Friday, 9 January 2009 Monday, 2 February 2009
Friday, 6 February 2009 Monday, 2 March 2009
Tuesday, 10 March 2009 Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Tuesday, 7 April 2009 Friday 1 May 2009
Thursday, 7 May 2009 Monday, 1 June 2009
Tuesday, 9 June 2009 Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Friday, 10 July 2009 Monday, 3 August 2009
Monday, 10 August 2009 Tuesday, 1 September 2009
September 2009 Annual Canvass
October 2009 Annual Canvass
November 2009 Annual Canvass

The list of alterations is published at the beginning of each month up until September. Applications received after the August deadline will be included on the next published register in December.

You will be sent an acknowledgement from the ERO when you have been added to the Register.

European Parliamentary Election 2009

If you fill in a form after 7 May 2009 your name will not be on the published register until 1 July 2009 (as stated above in the table).  However, you will still be able to cast a vote in the European Parliamentary Elections held on 4 June 2009 if you return a form to the office no later than 5pm on Tuesday 19  May 2009.