Delivering the annual canvass - England

The national data match step involves the checking of information about existing electors on your register, against data held by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).  

By default all properties start allocated to Route 2 – the unmatched property route.  

The results of the national data match, along with any local data matching you have undertaken, will help you determine whether the property as a whole is matched or unmatched and you must use this information to help you to allocate that property to the appropriate canvass route.1

Once allocated to the appropriate canvass route, you can determine which type of contact to make in relation to each property during the canvass.