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    About us

    We’re the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity.

    • Our role and responsibilities
    • Our plans, priorities and spending
    • Our Commissioners and teams
    • How we make decisions
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  • Our guidance
    Our guidance

    We provide guidance about the process of running elections, standing as a candidate, and campaigning at an election.

    • Electoral Administrator
    • Candidate or agent
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    • Other regulated individuals and organisations
    • Police election SPOC (Single Point of Contact)
  • Voting and elections
    Voting and elections

    Find out everything you need to know about voting and elections, including information about upcoming elections in your area.

    • Register to vote
    • Elections in your area
    • Ways to vote
    • Voter ID
    • Campaigning for your vote
    • Who can vote
    • Reporting electoral fraud
    • Ways to get involved in democracy
  • Research, reports and data
    Research, reports and data

    Part of our role includes conducting research and gathering data, and publishing reports and making recommendations about elections that take place across the UK.

    • Our reports and data on past elections and referendums
    • Electoral registration research
    • Public attitudes
    • Modernising voting: flexible voting feasibility studies
    • Pilot evaluations
    • Young people’s views on politics and voting
    • Electoral fraud data
    • Referendum question research
  • Political registration and regulation
    Political registration and regulation

    We are responsible for registering political parties, publishing political finance data, and taking action if we have reason to suspect political finance law has been broken.

    • Political party registration
    • Financial reporting
    • Our enforcement work
    • Imprints
  • News and views
    News and views

    Get the latest news from us, and read media handbooks for elections. We also hold consultations, and publish our responses to consultations from others.

    • Media centre
    • Elections Act
    • Our priorities for reforming elections
    • Parliamentary briefings
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    • Our consultations
    • Our responses to consultations
  • Resources
    Resources

    Use our resources to share information about voting and democracy. Take a look at our resources for young people. Download lesson plans and activities for use in the classroom or youth groups. Share our assets and get the message out.

    • Resources for young people
    • Resources for educators
    • Democratic engagement resources

Research, reports and data

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Overview

We conduct research on a wide range of subjects, which helps inform our work and our policies. We measure the quality of the electoral registers and carry out surveys on public attitudes about democracy and the process of voting. Following elections and referendums, we collect data such as the size of the electorate, turnout and rejected ballot papers.

Our latest research and reports

Public attitudes 2025

Our research looks at public attitudes towards elections and democracy in the UK. We conducted our latest study in December 2024

Young people’s views on politics and voting

Our research with 11-25 year olds explores what young people know about politics and voting, and what is needed to engage more young people with democracy.

Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election and the May 2024 elections

Read our report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election and the May 2024 elections

Research, data and reports

Election and referendum data and reports

Electoral registration research

Electoral fraud data

Also in this section

Public attitudes

We carry out public opinion surveys covering a range of electoral issues such as voting, registering to vote, party finance and electoral fraud.

Pilot evaluations

We evaluate Government pilot schemes for improvements to voting.

Referendum question research

Find out about our research role in referendum questions

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