Moved house or changed name

You must remember to update your details on the Electoral Register when you change your name or address. You can do this on GOV.UK using the link below

Register to vote 

Registering to pay Council Tax does not mean you have also registered to vote at your new address.

No. The Council Tax register and the electoral register are two separate registers.

If you vote at a polling station and the name on the electoral register is different to your photo ID because your name has changed (for example, through marriage or deed poll), you may be asked to provide additional supporting documents, such as an original marriage or civil partnership certificate that provides evidence of the name change. It will be at the discretion of the Presiding Officer at the polling station whether they will accept the form of ID or not.

You can change your name on the register by:

The request must include:

  • your full name
  • the full name under which you are currently registered 
  • the date of the change of name 
  • the registration address 
  • a declaration by the applicant that the information provided in the application is true
  • the date of the application
  • documentary evidence in support of the change (marriage certificate or deed-poll)

If you have not informed us of your previous address you could be registered twice. Please return your poll card showing your old address to the Electoral Services office as soon as possible with correspondence advising of your move and new address. Please note it is an offence to vote twice in the same election.

Electors can be removed in any one of the following ways: as a result of the autumn canvass returns; when we are advised by another local authority that the person has been registered by them; or if the elector advises us in writing that they have left the area and wish to be removed from the register.

A relative or executor should inform Electoral Services in writing of the death of an elector. Their name will then be removed from the register.

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