Reply to your Electoral Registration Office about your voting rights

Use this service to reply to a letter or email from the Electoral Registration Office asking about your immigration status.

Your answer to this question will only be shared with your Electoral Registration Office. It will not affect your immigration status.

Your Electoral Registration Office will use your answer to check if you have the right to vote in:

  • local elections and local polls if you live in England
  • Police and Crime Commissioner elections if you live in England or Wales

If you live in Wales, there are no changes to your right to vote in Senedd and Welsh local council elections.

Find out more about changes to voting rights for EU citizens on the Electoral Commission website.

Who can use this service

You’ll only need to use this service if you got a letter or email from your Electoral Registration Office asking for your information.

This service is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

If you’ve changed your name, address or nationality

Do not use this service if your details have changed since you last registered to vote. 

You’ll need to register to vote again if you’ve changed one of the following:

  • your name  
  • your address  
  • your nationality (for example, you’ve become a British citizen)

Answer online

It usually takes less than 5 minutes.

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Before you start

You’ll need:

  • the letter with your unique security code
  • the postcode where you’re registered to vote in the UK

If you’ve lost your letter, you’ll need to contact your Electoral Registration Office.

Other ways to reply

If you cannot answer online, you can fill in the paper form that came with your letter.

You can also answer the question by phone by calling your Electoral Registration Office.