Form

Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee by post

If you're a Crown Servant (in the diplomatic service or overseas civil service) or an employee of the British Council, you can register to vote in the UK.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Electoral Commission and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 29 April 2015
• Last updated: 13 May 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

• Publication for Northern Ireland

Documents

Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee (resident in England)

PDF, 361 KB, 6 pages

Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee (resident in Wales)

PDF, 402 KB, 6 pages

Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee (resident in Wales) Welsh language

PDF, 423 KB, 6 pages

Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee (resident in Scotland)

PDF, 211 KB, 5 pages

Details

You can contact your local Electoral Registration Office and ask them to post a form to you. You’ll then need to return the completed form to your local Electoral Registration Office.

Use this form to register to vote by post if you’re posted abroad as:

• a Crown servant (for example diplomatic or overseas civil service)
• a British Council employee
• the spouse or civil partner of a Crown servant or British Council employee

The form will ask for your National Insurance number (but you can still register if you do not have one). Find your National Insurance number.

You can also register to vote online.

How to use this form

1. Fill in this electoral registration form.

2. Make sure you sign the declaration.

3. Return your completed form and the relevant evidence to your local Electoral Registration Officer.

Published 29 April 2015
Last updated 13 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 13 May 2024

   Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee by post - all forms updated

2. 19 April 2022

   You can no longer register to vote for the elections taking place on 5 May 2022. You can still register for future elections.

3. 15 April 2022

   You can no longer register to vote for elections taking place in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 5 May. You can still register to vote for the local government elections in Scotland.

4. 23 March 2022

   To vote in the 5 May 2022 elections, you must register by 11:59pm on 14 April 2022 (for elections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or 11:59pm on 18 April 2022 (for elections in Scotland).

5. 22 March 2021

   To vote in the 6 May 2021 elections you need to register by 19 April 2021.

6. 3 August 2020

   Form 'Register to vote as a Crown Servant or British Council employee (resident in Scotland)' updated.

7. 1 July 2020

   attachments updated

8. 29 May 2018

   Previous PDFs have been replaced with new PDFs containing updated wording relating to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws.

9. 29 April 2015

   First published.