Electoral Registration & Voting: Frequently Asked Questions

If your application is received in the office after 11th August and before 31st October your name will be published on the register from 1st December of that year - providing we do not receive any objections or information to indicate that you may not reside at the property. If this happens the process may take longer and your application, if accepted may not show until the following January or February.  After the 1st December we publish updates to the register on the 1st of each month from January to September - the deadline dates for receipt of the forms and the publish date are shown on the back of the application forms.
  1. I've already let my local Council know I've moved and am paying Council Tax at my new address. Can they update the electoral register for me?
  2. What is the Electoral Register?
  3. Why should I register?
  4. How do I get onto the Electoral Register?
  5. How do I know if my name is on the Electoral Register?
  6. How old do I have to be before I can register?
  7. How can I get someone removed from the Electoral Register, because they are no longer here?
  8. I have found out that I am not on the Electoral Register. Can I put my name on?
  9. What if I change my name?
  10. Where can I view our entry on the electoral register?
  11. I received a phone call from a company trying to sell me something. As I am ex-directory, I asked where they got my number from and they told me that they got it from the Electoral Register. Is this true?
  12. If my application is received after 11th August can I get on the register any earlier than 1st December.
  13. I need to get onto the Register for credit purposes. Its quite urgent, when will my name go onto the register?

Contact Information:

By post: Electoral Services, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Town Hall, St. Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1RF

By telephone: 01628 796400 or 796306

By email electoral.registration@rbwm.gov.uk

Online: Electoral Registration

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