How to vote

Registration

You can only vote in elections if your name is on the Register of Electors.

Register to vote

The following people are allowed to vote:

  • if you are eighteen years or over
  • all British, Commonwealth, Irish and other European Union citizens
  • overseas electors
  • members of HM Forces and their spouses
  • crown servants employed outside the United Kingdom
  • European citizens are allowed to vote in European and Local Elections only
  • overseas electors are allowed to vote in Parliamentary and European Elections only.

The deadline to register to vote in the elections to be held on 6th May 2021 is: midnight on Monday 19th April 2021