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Services

  1. Register to vote

    Get on the electoral register so you can vote in elections and referendums.

  2. Call charges and phone numbers

    Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles

  3. The electoral register and the 'open register'

    What happens if you do not register to vote, when you can register in more than one place, how to view the electoral register, opting out of the 'open register' and when you can register anonymously

  4. Contact your local Electoral Registration Office

    Contact your local council's Electoral Registration Office if you have a question about registering to vote

  5. Petition Parliament and the government

    Create a new petition, or search and sign other people's petitions to the UK Parliament and government

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Guidance and regulation

  1. When do the clocks change?
    • Calendar
    • Home Office
  2. Registering to vote: easy read guide
    • Guidance
    • Cabinet Office
  3. Legislative process: taking a Bill through Parliament
    • Detailed guide
    • Cabinet Office
  4. UK Treaties
    • Detailed guide
    • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  5. How to buy print copies of official documents
    • Detailed guide
    • The National Archives
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News and communications

Press release

Another success for the government’s voter ID pilots: 22 July 2019

Cabinet Office

Research and statistics

  1. Evaluation of voter ID pilots 2019
    • Cabinet Office
    • Research
  2. Public Appointments: Annual Report for Northern Ireland, 2016/17
    • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
    • Official statistics
  3. General Election 2017 reports: government response
    • Cabinet Office
    • Research
  4. The Boundary Commissions: Boundary Review 2018
    • Cabinet Office
    • Independent report
  5. Securing the ballot: review into electoral fraud
    • Cabinet Office
    • Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Protecting the Debate: Intimidation, Influence, and Information
    • Cabinet Office
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 28 October 2018
  2. Proposals for the reform of the annual canvass
    • Cabinet Office
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 30 November 2018
  3. Voter ID pilots for local elections in May 2019
    • Cabinet Office
    • Policy paper
  4. Prospectus on electoral integrity pilots in May 2019
    • Cabinet Office
    • Policy paper
  5. A democracy that works for everyone: British citizens overseas - response to feedback
    • Cabinet Office
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Democratic Engagement: Respecting, Protecting and Promoting Our Democracy
    • Cabinet Office
    • Corporate report
  2. Atlas of Democratic Variation
    • Cabinet Office
    • Corporate report
  3. Allocation of funds for Individual Electoral Reform transition
    • Cabinet Office
    • Transparency
  4. Department for Education open data strategy: June 2012
    • Department for Education
    • Transparency
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