Electoral register

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on the electoral register. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
10.07.2013	Electoral Statistics 2012
	This note provides data on electorates of parliamentary constituencies at December 2011. There were 46.3 million people registered to vote in UK parliamentary elections at 1 December 2012, an increase of 247,000 on December 2011.
04.02.2013	Constituency boundaries: the Sixth General Review in Wales
	This Note gives details of the 2013 review in Wales, its progress and the consultation process. It should be read in conjunction with Library Standard Note 6095, Initial proposals for new constituency boundaries: Wales which looks at the extent to which the proposed constituencies can be identified with existing seats and which existing constituencies will be most affected by the proposals.
31.01.2013	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill 2012-13: progress of the Bill
	The Electoral Registration and Administration Bill 2012-13 was introduced on 10 May 2012. The Bill makes provision for a legislative framework for the introduction of a new system of individual electoral registration (IER) under which electors will be registered individually instead of by household. This Note summarises the progress of the Bill. It supplements Research Paper 12/26 which was produced for the Bill's second reading in the House of Commons on 23 May 2012.
10.12.2012	Individual electoral registration in Northern Ireland
	A report by the Electoral Commission on continuous electoral registration in Northern Ireland, published in November 2012, found that there had been 'a significant and worrying decline in both the accuracy and completeness of Northern Ireland's electoral register' since 2008. The Note looks at the introduction of individual electoral registration in Northern Ireland and the abolition of the annual canvass.
06.08.2012	Edited electoral register
	This Note provides brief details of the consultation about the edited register, the recommendation of the PCR Committee and the Government's decision that the sale of the edited register should continue.

Research Papers

Date	Description
17.05.2012	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill
	This research paper has been written to inform Members in preparation for the second reading of the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill 2012-13
15.10.2010	Social Indicators
	This Research Paper summarises a wide range of social statistics. Subjects covered include crime and justice, defence, education, elections, health and population. This edition includes an article in advance of UN World Statistics Day (20.10.2010) on statistical literacy. It also includes articles entitled 'Electoral registration' and 'Public opinion of the police', and a topical subject page: 'How fair is Britain?'
10.03.2006	General Election 2005
	General Election 2005. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/33
06.03.2006	The Northern Ireland(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill.
19.10.2005	The Electoral Administration Bill 2005 - 2006

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
10.10.2011	PROPOSED CHANGES TO ELECTORAL REGISTRATION
	That this House notes with concern the potential implications for democracy of the Government's proposals to introduce individual electoral registration before the 2015 elections; further ...
14.09.2011	IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL ELECTORAL REGISTRATION
	That this House recognises that currently there are between 3.5 to 6.5 million electors missing off the UK electoral register, that individual registration proposed by the Government ...
12.07.2010	VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE ELECTORAL REGISTER
	That this House notes the vulnerability of victims of domestic abuse when registering to vote; further notes that full electoral registers are publicly available, causing a genuine ...
14.06.2010	PUBLIC VALUE OF THE EDITED ELECTORAL REGISTER
	That this House believes that the edited electoral register provides very significant social and economic benefits for the UK as a whole; notes that the edited electoral resister does ...
10.03.2010	VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE ELECTORAL REGISTER
	That this House notes the vulnerability of victims of domestic abuse when registering to vote; further notes that full electoral registers are publicly available, causing a genuine ...