A person aged 16 or over on the relevant date who meets the residency qualification 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, 16 and 17 year olds are entitled to vote in Senedd elections1
and in local government elections.2
Additionally, 15 Year olds and some 14 year olds are entitled to be included on the register as attainers.
For the purpose of the local government register in Wales, an attainer is someone who turns 16 by the end of the twelve months following the 1 December after the relevant date.
The register must include the date on which any attainers will be 16 years old, i.e. the date from which they will be entitled to vote.
However an elector must be 18 to vote in UK parliamentary elections and Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
The entry in the combined registers of any person aged 16 or 17 who is registered only as a local government elector must give the date on which the person will attain the age of 18.3
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.4