Running electoral registration - Wales

You are required to perform the data matching exercise at least once in each calendar year.1

To issue a notice of registration you must have matching data from at least two sources that identify the unregistered elector.2

Matching data includes:3

• the person’s full name
• where held, the person’s date of birth
• the person’s address, including postcode
• where held, the UPRN of the person’s property
• any other information held which relates to the person’s potential entry on the register

There is an exception to the requirement to identify two matching sources of data where the information relating to the person is both:4

• from education records (including data from universities)
• sufficient to satisfy the registration officer as to the identity of the person’s entitlement to be registered