Electoral registration forms
To register to vote, please complete and return a voter
registration form
Download the Household
Voter Registration Form. For more information, see timetable for monthly updates,
list of eligible
countries and frequently asked
questions.
Special category registration forms
The following electors should register using a
different registration form:
Homeless
person registration form (pdf, 43kb)
This form is designed to be completed by homeless person in
order to be added to to the Register of Electors. For the purposes
of electoral registration a homeless person is someone who has no
fixed or permanent address. Homeless people should complete this
form rather than the household voter registration form.
Mental
health patient registration form (pdf, 43kb)
This form is designed to be completed by a person who is
under mental health care in order to be added to the Register
of Electors. They should complete this form rather than the
household voter registration form.
Remand
prisoner registration form (pdf, 43kb)
This form is designed to be completed by a prisoner being
held on remand in order to be added to the Register of Electors.
They should complete this form rather than the household voter
registration form.
If you are based overseas, you can register as a service voter
by filling in an electoral registration form for members of the
armed forces. This form allows you to be registered to vote at an
address in the UK while you are away from home or posted abroad.
You can also register as a service voter if you live in the UK but
may be posted elsewhere at short notice or if you are the spouse or
civil partner of a member of the armed forces. As a service voter,
you must renew your registration every three years, but you can
cancel it at any time. You will receive a reminder letter from your
Electoral Services office three months before you need to renew
your service voter registration. If you change your address, you
must inform the electoral services office, or you will not receive
your reminder.
If you are based in the UK, you can also register in the normal
way by filling in the voter registration form delivered to your
home between September and November every year. The Household voter
registration is removed from our website from mid-August until the
end of November each year. During this period the council conducts
an audit of all properties in the borough.
If you need to update your details on the Register of Electors
please use the Voter Registration Form 2011, which will be
delivered to you your property from mid August. Alternatively,
contact the Electoral Services office on 020 7364 0872 for more
information. Application
form to register as a Service voter (pdf, 65kb)
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Crown servants or British council employees
If you are working outside the UK as a Crown Servant or as an
employee of the British Council, you can still register to vote by
completing this form. You can also register this way if you are
the spouse or civil partner of a Crown Servant or
British Council employee and you are accompanying them during their
employment abroad. You will be
registered at the address where you would be living if
you were in the UK, or at your last registered address.
Application
form to register as a Crown Servant/ British Council employee
or spouse (pdf, 65kb)
British citizens living overseas, or for a British national
who will be living out of the country for a period of more
than six months. In order to qualify for registration as an
overseas elector, the applicant must have been registered at an
address within the authority within the past 15 years.
The declaration needs to be attested by a British citizen (non
family related to the applicant) who is also living outside of the
UK.
Once an application has been approved, it must
be renewed every year, but can be cancelled at any time. The
electoral services office will send overseas electors a reminder
form for this purpose. Application
form to register as an Overseas elector (pdf,
138kb)
There is a strict criteria for anonymous registration and a
person has to provide evidence such as a relevant order under the
Family Law Act 1996 or the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. If
a person does not have an order they can apply using an attestation
that has to be signed by a qualifying officer of various
organisations that are listed in the Section 31J of the
Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No.2)
Regulations 2006. It cannot be used as an ex–directory system for
those who do not want their details published in the Register of
Electors. Application
form to register as an anonymous elector (pdf,
40kb)
Absent vote forms
To apply for an absent vote, your details must be on the
Electoral Register.
If you are unable to go to the polling station because of a
long-term health problem or your employment circumstances mean that
you are often away from the area during polling hours, you can
apply for a long-term proxy vote. This is when you appoint someone
else to vote on your behalf. Download a Proxy Voter
Application Form (pdf 20k).
Following changes to legislation that came into force on the 1
January 2007, it is now no longer possible to download
a postal vote application form from our website. If
you require a postal vote application form, please contact the
Electoral Services office on 020 7364 0872.
Contact us:
Electoral Services
Office
Town Hall
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BG
Tel: 020 7364 0872
Fax: 020 7364 3758
Email: electoralservices@towerhamlets.gov.uk