You are in the Home section Home … Blog Latest blog posts Filter by date January 2024 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 May 2022 April 2022 November 2020 July 2020 June 2020 February 2020 December 2019 September 2019 May 2019 Filter by topic Voting - deselect The Electoral Commission - deselect Involved in elections Spending Running elections Changing electoral law Currently filtered options - select item to remove from filter: Voting - deselect The Electoral Commission - deselect Clear all filters Seven things to remember for polling day on 5 May 2022 Find out more about voting on polling day on 5 May, with seven important things to remember. Date published: 28 April 2022 Learning from the impact of Covid-19 on international elections Today marks six months until polling day on 6 May 2021, when elections will be run across England, Scotland and Wales against the background of the coronavirus pandemic. Date published: 6 November 2020 "Welcome to your vote" campaign Earlier this year the Senedd passed a significant new law, known as the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act. One of the important changes included in this new law was to allow 16 and 17 year olds, as well as qualifying foreign citizens, to register and vote in Wales for the first time. Date published: 8 July 2020 An important new review into the UK’s political finance framework Today’s announcement that the Committee on Standards in Public Life is to review the regulatory framework for political finance is welcome. Date published: 7 June 2020 An international perspective of the Electoral Commission After meeting with counterparts from Bangladesh, Canada and Kenya, Sir John Holmes, discusses the differences, similarities and shared challenges facing Electoral Commissions around the world. Date published: 28 February 2020 Accessibility on polling day: 2019 UK Parliamentary general election Everyone should be able to cast their vote with confidence. When you get to your polling station on Thursday 12 December, there will be a number of things in place to help you vote. Date published: 3 December 2019 Registering the missing millions Our Chair, Sir John Holmes, has reflected on the findings of the Commission’s major study of the December 2018 electoral registers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Date published: 26 September 2019 Looking back at the European Parliamentary elections We look back at the European Parliamentary elections on 23 May 2019. Date published: 24 May 2019 Pagination First page « First Previous page Page 1 Current page 2
Seven things to remember for polling day on 5 May 2022 Find out more about voting on polling day on 5 May, with seven important things to remember. Date published: 28 April 2022
Learning from the impact of Covid-19 on international elections Today marks six months until polling day on 6 May 2021, when elections will be run across England, Scotland and Wales against the background of the coronavirus pandemic. Date published: 6 November 2020
"Welcome to your vote" campaign Earlier this year the Senedd passed a significant new law, known as the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act. One of the important changes included in this new law was to allow 16 and 17 year olds, as well as qualifying foreign citizens, to register and vote in Wales for the first time. Date published: 8 July 2020
An important new review into the UK’s political finance framework Today’s announcement that the Committee on Standards in Public Life is to review the regulatory framework for political finance is welcome. Date published: 7 June 2020
An international perspective of the Electoral Commission After meeting with counterparts from Bangladesh, Canada and Kenya, Sir John Holmes, discusses the differences, similarities and shared challenges facing Electoral Commissions around the world. Date published: 28 February 2020
Accessibility on polling day: 2019 UK Parliamentary general election Everyone should be able to cast their vote with confidence. When you get to your polling station on Thursday 12 December, there will be a number of things in place to help you vote. Date published: 3 December 2019
Registering the missing millions Our Chair, Sir John Holmes, has reflected on the findings of the Commission’s major study of the December 2018 electoral registers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Date published: 26 September 2019
Looking back at the European Parliamentary elections We look back at the European Parliamentary elections on 23 May 2019. Date published: 24 May 2019
