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'Individual Electoral Registration' (IER) was introduced by the UK government through the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 with the first IER applications being made in England and Wales from 10 June 2014 and in Scotland from 19 September 2014 (the delay in Scotland was due to the Scottish Independence Referendum). [3]
The Westminster government had introduced IER to Northern Ireland in 2002 in the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, but England, Wales and Scotland continued to use a system of householder registration. [3] The UK's politically independent Electoral Commission had been pushing for such a reform for some time. [4]
The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom [2] which amended electoral law in the United Kingdom. It introduced Individual Electoral Registration (IER).
In the UK voter registration is compulsory, [39] but the requirement to register is rarely enforced. [40] The 2023 system of registration in the United Kingdom (UK), is known as rolling registration. [41] Electors can register with a local authority at any time of the year. This replaced the twice-yearly census of electors, which often ...
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 [1] (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed on 11 July 2006.. Among its main provisions, the act: Provides a legislative framework for setting up a "Coordinated Online Record of Electors", known as "CORE", to co-ordinate electoral registration information across regions.
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A revised online registration procedure for voters (including overseas voters) was implemented on 16 January 2024. [19] Crown servants [20] and British Council employees [21] (as well as their spouses who live abroad [22]) employed in a post outside the UK can register by making a Crown Servant declaration, allowing them to vote in all UK ...
The Electoral Commission was created in 2001 following a recommendation by the fifth report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. [5] Its mandate was set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), [6] and ranges from the regulation of political donations and expenditure by political and third parties through to promoting greater participation in the ...