Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities have achieved the highest increase in levels of voter registration in the last two years; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the practices leading to such increases are adopted in other local authorities.

Greg Clark

In 2012/13 the areas with the five largest percentage increases in the numbers registered on the local government register of electors were:

Tower Hamlets

Wycombe

Cambridge

East Lindsey

City of Edinburgh

In 2011/12 the areas were:

Clackmannanshire

Thanet

West Lothian

City of Edinburgh

Shropshire UA

The Government encourages local authorities to share best practice through the Expert Panel of electoral administrators, and various other forums in place to deliver Individual Electoral Registration.

Guidance has also been available on the Association of Electoral Administrators’ website with examples of good practice which electoral registration officers can use to shape their work.