Ancestry adds UK electoral registers 2011-2018

A new collection on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk):

UK, Electoral Registers, 2011-2018
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62855/
Source: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024.

General collection information

Registering to vote is mandatory in the United Kingdom. This collection contains an index of all persons appearing in the electoral register in the years 2011-2018. An electoral register is a list of the people entitled to vote during the period of the register, which usually spans one year.

If a person does not appear on the register and the registration officer has the person's name and address, the person will be invited to register. Failing to register may result in penalties, such as a fine.

Importantly, before 2014, one person in each household registered everyone in the household to vote. Since 2014, all persons of voting age are now required to register individually.

Using this collection

Records in this collection may include the following information:

• Name
• Residence Date
• Address
• Residence Place

When registering, residents may also be required to provide their national insurance number, nationality, and age, but this information does not appear in the index.

Although residents are not eligible to vote until age 18, they can complete their registration beginning at age 16 (age 14 in Scotland and Wales). To register, one must be a British citizen, a European Union citizen living in the United Kingdom, or be one of certain individuals with permission to stay in the United Kingdom or who do not need permission. 

Comment - I've no idea what the source for this collection is, Ancesty is citing itself as the source!

Chris

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