We are contacting people to tell us who lives at their address. This is called the annual canvass.
From this, we can find out who is eligible to vote.
By law, you must let us know this information. Please take a few minutes to:
- visit our Household Response website,
- enter your unique security code, and
update and submit your household information.
Please include the names and nationalities of everyone living at your address.
If you add any new people who are living at your address, they will also need to apply to register to vote on the GOV.UK website.
If the information is correct you do not need to respond.
Find out more about the annual canvass and electoral register.
Providing information as a single responsible person
If residents share a property but do not form a single household, one single responsible person will need to complete the annual canvass for everyone living there. This can be anyone who lawfully holds or has access to information about each person living at a property. Properties where residents do not form a single household could be:
- university halls,
- residential care homes,
- hostels, and
- houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).
If you are a single responsible person
As the single responsible person for a property, you must give us information about the people living there. This is allowed under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We also have a statutory right to request information from you under Regulation 23 of the Representation of the People Regulations 2001.
It is a legal requirement to respond. If you do not, you could be fined up to £1,000.
We will usually contact you between July and November to ask for up-to-date information on residents. We may also contact you at other times. For example, before an election. After you respond to us, we can contact eligible voters at the property to make sure they know how to register to vote. Please update us whenever people have moved into or out of the property.
Contact us
If you have a query or you no longer live at the address, please contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 029 2087 2087
