Annual Canvass 2024

Annual canvass of electors

This takes place every year from July to November, with the updated electoral register published on 1 December.

By law, we must contact every household to find out if the details on the electoral register are correct so that we can ensure that we have a complete and accurate register. You need to be on the electoral register to vote in elections and apply for credit.

Responding to the annual canvass

Starting from mid-August, we will contact you by email or post depending on what information we hold. The email or letter will tell you what to do and will also include a respond by date. 

Please consider responding to the canvass online wherever possible using the security codes we provide in the email or letter we send you. The website you will be asked to visit is www.householdresponse.com/gloucester. You can phone us 01452 396203 or email at elections@gloucester.gov.uk. 

Have you received an email from us?

To verify that our emails are genuine, they will come from Gloucester@householdresponse.com with a subject line of Act now to confirm your electoral registration. Please use the link and security codes provided in the email to respond.

If we do not receive a response from a member of the household, we will send a reminder letter by post. Please help us by responding to any emails your household receives as soon as possible.

Received an email for an address at which you no longer live?

If you get an email about an address you no longer live at, you can also use www.householdresponse.com/gloucester to tell us who moved out. You will need the security codes from the email.

It is important to note that responding to a canvass document will not result in new residents at the address automatically being added to the electoral register. The response tells us who lives in the property, and tells us if we need to take any further action to help new residents register to vote if they are eligible.

New residents at your address need to apply to register

Each new resident at your property whose details were provided to us in response to the letter or email your household received must complete an application to be registered to vote at your address. We will contact new residents at the property by email or letter and formally invite them to register to vote, but there is no need to wait for our letter;  each new resident can apply now at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. It takes just a few minutes.

When making a register to vote application, new residents will need to provide their date of birth and National Insurance Number, but if you don't have all the information needed, get in touch as there may still be a way that you can register to vote.

Please note that it is a legal requirement to register to vote when invited by the Electoral Registration Officer to do so.  A person failing to register without providing an adequate reason may be fined £80.
If you have any questions regarding the annual canvass or registering to vote, please email elections@gloucester.gov.uk