Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Combined County Authority Mayoral elections

Copies of the electoral register and lists of absent voters can be obtained from the Electoral Registration Officer. An Electoral Registration Officer will have been appointed for each local authority area that is part of the combined county authority to maintain the electoral registers. You can find their contact details on our website https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter.

The request must be made in writing1 and we have made a register request form and an absent voters’ lists request form available for this purpose.

While requests must be made to the Electoral Registration Officer, you should also liaise with the Combined County Authority Returning Officer (CCARO), who may have put arrangements in place to coordinate requests for all the registers and lists in the combined county authority area.

The register and lists will be supplied in electronic format unless you specifically request a paper copy.

The version of the electoral registers and lists supplied will be the ones current at the time of your request. You may also request the updates to the electoral registers and lists that are published in the lead-up to the poll, including the list of newly registered electors when it is published five working days before the poll.

Any person found breaching the restrictions on use of the electoral register could face an unlimited fine. For more information see our guidance on restriction on the use of the electoral register.

Requesting the electoral register outside of the election period

Political parties and elected representatives are also entitled to request a copy of the electoral register outside of the election period.

Guidance on what information can be requested, when and how it can be requested, and the permitted uses of that information can be found in our factsheet:

More information can be found in our guidance on access and supply of the electoral register.