If you are overseas serving in HM Forces or with Her Majesty's Government then you are entitled to vote at all elections in the UK. In order to register as a service voter or Crown Servant you will need to complete a service declaration, which is valid for up to three years. These are available from www.aboutmyvote.co.uk, your unit or from Electoral Registration Officers. You need to register at an address where you have lived in the past or where you would live if you were not posted overseas (most people choose the local government area they feel most connected to). You can apply to vote by post or proxy. Postal votes are sent out approximately one week before polling day, so if you are not likely to be able to receive and return a postal vote in that time, it would be better to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf. Proxy voters do not need to live in the area you are registered in, and can apply to vote by post on your behalf.
Service personnel and their spouses resident in the UK may register in either of two ways. They may register as ordinary electors, or they may register as service voters as described above. Electors registered either way may apply to vote by post or proxy.
