You can choose whether or not to have your personal details included in the open version of the register; however they will be included unless you ask for them to be removed.
Removing your details from the open register will not affect your right to vote. Individual electoral registration means that for the first time many people may be making a choice whether or not they wish their personal details to be included in the open register.
Some may also be unaware of the choices made on their behalf in the past. Some people may already be opted out of the open register - if you had opted out at the point of the last household electoral registration your preference will have been noted and carried forward with the introduction of individual electoral registration.
If you are not already opted out but want to prevent your personal details on the electoral register from being made more widely available, you can make a request at any time to your local electoral registration officer for your details to be removed.
Your request needs to contain your full name and address and can be in writing, via email or phone. For Northern Ireland contact your area electoral office. If you are registering whether online or via a hard copy form in England, Scotland and Wales you can indicate at the same time that you do not want your name and address listed on the open register.
In Northern Ireland registration can only be done via a hard copy form and you can indicate your choice there. Under the individual electoral registration arrangements your preference as to whether your details are included in the open register will be carried forward — you will not need to make your choice annually when you receive your electoral registration form. It is important to understand the default position is that your personal details will be included on both the full and open edited versions of the register unless you indicate otherwise.
This means they will be made available to anyone who wants to buy the edited version. The electoral register and the open register There are two types of register: the electoral register the open register also known as the edited register.
The electoral register The electoral register lists the names and addresses of everybody who is registered to vote in public elections. Thank you for your feedback. Report a problem with this page. What were you doing? What went wrong? Email address. The electoral register The electoral register lists the name and addresses of everyone who is registered to vote in public elections.
Who uses the electoral register? Users of the electoral register include: Election staff, political parties, candidates and holders of elected office use the register for electoral purposes. Your local council and the British Library hold copies that anyone may look at under supervision.
A copy is also held by the EC, the Boundary Commissions which set constituency boundaries for most elections and the Office for National Statistics.
The council can use the register for duties relating to security, enforcing the law and preventing crime. The police and the security services can also use if for law enforcement. The register is used when calling people for jury service. Government departments may buy the register from local registration officers and use it to help prevent and detect crime.
They can also use it to safeguard national security by checking the background of job applicants and employees.
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