A person aged 16 or over on the relevant date who meets the residency and nationality qualifications and is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote is entitled to be included on the local government register, however an elector must be 18 to be included on the UK Parliamentary register.
This means that the local government register will include 16 and 17 year olds as full electors,1
16 and 17 year olds are entitled to vote in local government and Scottish Parliamentary elections.2
Additionally, 14 and 15 year olds are entitled to be included on the local government register as attainers3
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The combined register must make clear the date on which those included on it that are under 18 years of age will be 18 years old in order to clearly show their eligibility to vote in different elections.
Information on those aged under 16 must not be included on any version of the register published or otherwise made available, except in very limited circumstances.