Electoral Registration – Fylde Council

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Fylde Borough Council is required to carry out a review of UK Parliamentary Polling Districts and Polling Places in its area. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has recently published final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Fylde Borough Council. The new electoral arrangements require a review of polling districts and polling places to be…

Read more Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places 2022

Read more Parish Ward Map (download)

Guidance issued by The Electoral Commission Local authorities now have to take proactive steps to ensure that polling stations don't disadvantage disabled people1. All voters have a right to vote independently and in secret. A person who is registered to vote or who has been officially appointed as a proxy voter cannot be refused a…

Read more Disabled people’s voting rights

Local authorities have a legal requirement to conduct an annual ‘canvass’ in order to prepare and publish a revised Register of Electors by 1 December (each year). From July, every household will receive some form of Canvass Communication to find out if the details on the electoral register are correct. Your household may be contacted in different…

Read more Annual Canvass

Who is the Data Controller?

Tracy Manning, Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer (including Acting, Deputy, Local)

What information do we collect from you?

We keep records about potential and actual electors, voters, citizens, candidates and their agents, staff employed at an election or by the ERO and the people we need to…

Read more Electoral Services Privacy Notice

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What are the full and edited registers?

The full register lists the name and address of everyone who is registered to vote. It is used for law enforcement and by credit reference agencies, but only to check your name and address if you are applying for credit and other purposes specified in the law. The edited register…

Read more The Electoral Register

You need to be on the electoral register in order to vote at elections and referendums. Being on the electoral register can also improve your credit score. You will need the following

your National Insurance number
your passport if you’re a British citizen living abroad

The process should take around 5 minute to complete. Once…

Read more Register to vote

If you are unable to go to the polling station in person on election day, you can apply to vote by post or proxy.

Voting by post

Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station. To vote by post, you’ll need to fill in an…

Read more Postal and Proxy voting