Guidance and regulation

This is an easy read step by step guide which will help you complete an application for a postal vote online.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 24 January 2024

A step-by-step, easy read guide to registering to vote, for people with a learning disability. This guide is an example of an application to register to vote.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 26 November 2018

An easy read guide to applying for a Voter Authority Certificate. This is a step by step guide on how to complete the application.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 6 March 2023

This is an easy read step by step guide which will help you complete an application for a proxy vote online.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 24 January 2024

This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2024.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 20 February 2024

This guidance from the Office for Students offers guidance to higher education providers for facilitating electoral registration in England.

• From: Office for Students
• Updated: 13 September 2019

The new digital imprints regime for political campaigning will increase transparency for voters and empower them to make informed decisions.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 26 July 2023

The Electoral Commission has produced new performance standards for Returning Officers and updated performance standards for Electoral Registration Officers.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 20 January 2023

This code of practice will put guidance for non-party campaigners at national elections on a statutory footing.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 13 September 2023

Videos created by the Electoral Commission offering valuable insights into how to improve the accessibility of elections for everyone.

• From: The Electoral Commission
• Updated: 9 September 2019

The Constitution Group Analysis Team within Cabinet Office designed a qualitative research project to explore barriers to registering to vote.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 3 September 2019

This treaty was presented to Parliament in June 2020.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 8 June 2020

The government’s response to the report of the Electoral Commission on the local elections in England, held on 4 May 2023.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 30 November 2023

This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2019.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 4 July 2019

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.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 8 December 2023

This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2019

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 4 July 2019

This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 2023.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 22 March 2023