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Who is eligible to vote?

British citizens, citizens of other Commonwealth countries, citizens of the Irish Republic and citizens of other European Union countries. You must be on the Register to be entitled to vote. Paying council tax does not automatically entitle you to a vote; you must be registered.

It takes just a few minutes to register to vote - just download the form from the bottom of this page and email it back to us. If you are not able to download the form please use the contact details below to request the form in an alternative format.

In 2013/14 between November and the middle of February Electoral Services will carry out a canvass of all properties within the Borough. Each household will receive an annual registration form and must list the names of all eligible electors on this form. If there are no eligible electors in a household you should still return the form stating the reason why there are no eligible voters. A revised register will be published on the 17th of February 2014.


Under the system of rolling registration, eligible electors can register to vote throughout the year. Until mid October this year we will operate the system of rolling registration. On the first working day of each month Electoral Services will publish an updated list to the current register. This means that if you change your address we can send you the necessary form to transfer your registration to your new address. Amendments can also be made if your change your name, become eligible to vote for the first time or if our existing records are incorrect.

The timetable for rolling registration is:

(*) This was the deadline for registering to vote at Berrylands ward by-election that took place on Thursday 28 February 2013.

Contact us

Electoral Registration Office
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1EU

Tel: 020 8547 5026
Fax: 020 8547 5099

Email: electoral.services@rbk.kingston.gov.uk