Registering to vote

Alert residents will have noticed that the city council is hand delivering the 'annual canvass' of electors in order to renew the electoral register for December to represent who lives here on 15 October this year. The usual monthly rolling register updates do not happen in this period.


However, the law now allows registration up to 11 working days before any election, so it is still possible to register to vote in the East Chesterton by-election if you are not on the register already. The deadline to register is 1 September but a different form must additionally be used. While the appropriate form is not on the city council website it is available via the Electoral Commission's website.