How Know If Registered To Vote

Elections for Wales' 22 councils are taking place in May v, with results to come the following twenty-four hours. More than than 1,200 councillors are beingness elected to councils and there are also people existence elected to community councils.

In Wales, those aged xvi and 17 are allowed to vote in council elections, as are strange nationals merely only if you are registered to vote. If yous are non yet registered it is too tardily to do so for this election but yous tin can get your name on the balloter list for futurity elections.

Yous can annals to vote in Wales from the age of 14 and your name will be on the electoral annals. Electoral registers are held past your local council.

Read more: Our guide to the council elections in Wales 2022

How practise I check I'k registered to vote?

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If you desire to check you're registered to vote, yous need to contact the electoral services squad at your local council. The Electoral Commission has a widget you can employ to check the contact details for your local council on its website.

What practise I need to exercise to register?

To register to vote online, you demand but v minutes and your National Insurance number. If you can't register online, y'all can download a paper form. You don't demand to register to vote earlier every ballot but if y'all move house you need to register to vote again. If you modify your proper name yous can either re-register or contact your local quango to request a change of name form.

Who can register?

To annals to vote, you must be:

a Great britain or Irish citizen
a qualifying Republic citizen living in the U.k.
an EU denizen living in the U.k.
a qualifying foreign citizen
aged 14 or over (only you can't vote until you're 16 or 18 depending on the election)

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