How to register to vote after you move house
Your registration doesn't follow you. Each time you change address you need to register again, and it takes about 5 minutes on gov.uk.
- When
- In your first week at the new address
- How long
- About 5 minutes
- Cost
- Free
What you'll need
- Your new address
- Your National Insurance number, if you have one (you can still register without it)
What to do
Go to the register to vote service on gov.uk
Use the official service. It's the same form whichever part of the UK you live in.
Give your new address and your old one
You'll be asked whether you've moved in the last 12 months. Adding your old address lets them take you off the register there.
Do it for each adult
Everyone registers separately. One person can't register the whole household.
If you skip this
You can't vote from your new address until you're on the register there. Lenders also check the electoral roll (the list of people registered to vote), so not being on it can lower your credit score.
Where to do it
Questions people ask
- Do I really need to register again?
- Yes. The government's own guidance says you need to register again if you've changed your address, name or nationality.
- How old do you have to be?
- 16 or over to register in England and Northern Ireland, and 14 or over in Scotland and Wales. You can register before you're old enough to vote.
This is one job. There are about twenty more.
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