Democracy

Services

  • Register to vote

    Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

  • Contact your Electoral Registration Office

    Contact your local council's Electoral Registration Office if you have a question about voting in UK elections or the electoral register.

  • Call charges and phone numbers

    Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles.

  • The electoral register and the 'open register'

    Find out how to get on the electoral register so you can vote, how to register to vote in more than one place, and how to opt out of the 'open register'.

  • Apply for a postal vote

    Use this service to apply to vote by post so you can take part in elections in the UK. You must be registered to vote in the UK before you can apply.

Guidance and regulation

  • When do the clocks change?
    • Calendar
    • Home Office
  • Legislative process: taking a bill through Parliament
    • Detailed guide
    • Cabinet Office
  • How to buy print copies of official documents
    • Detailed guide
    • The National Archives
  • UK Treaties
    • Detailed guide
    • Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Guidance on devolution
    • Detailed guide
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Scotland Office, Wales Office, Northern Ireland Office, Cabinet Office, Closed organisation: Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Closed organisation: Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, and Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

Organisations

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