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This guidance from the Office for Students offers guidance to higher education providers for facilitating electoral registration in England.
Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the need for King's or Prince's consent, and the process to follow.
The Royal Mencap Society has developed an easy-to-read guide about voting and registering to vote.
Rock Enrol!® is a high quality, interactive resource pack to encourage young people to register to vote.
This guidance provides detailed advice on good election security practice. If you are an election candidate, please visit the Candidate Security Guidance Collection linked at the top of this page to find the specific informa…
A collection of ready-to-use information and resources to inform your democratic engagement work with homeless citizens and frequent movers.
These papers outline the methodology taken to calculate the value of the New Burdens funding to be paid to local authorities to implement the Elections Act.
The Electoral Commission has produced new performance standards for Returning Officers and updated performance standards for Electoral Registration Officers.
The Taskforce sits within the framework of the National Committee for Safety of Journalists, which helps to ensure journalists are able to carry out their work free from physical threats, attacks and violence within the UK.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Easy-to-use activities designed to help engage young people aged 13 to 16 in our democracy. You can read about the toolkit at the bottom of this page.
This factsheet provides information on the flexible voting pilots being run with selected local authorities at the May 2026 local elections in England.
A guide on the process of a Bill moving through Parliament
The Youth Count! Democracy Challenge programme has been designed to help young people develop an understanding of democracy and voting.
Managing the transfer of information, records and knowledge is a key element of Arms Length Bodies reform.
The Democracy Ambassadors resources help train young people aged 13-16 to talk about democracy with their peers.
This notice sets out how we will use your personal data, and your rights.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2024.
This code of practice will put guidance for non-party campaigners at national elections on a statutory footing.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in June 2020.
The new digital imprints regime for political campaigning will increase transparency for voters and empower them to make informed decisions.
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