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Annual Canvass 2024

Each year, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) has a legal requirement to conduct an annual canvass to ensure the electoral register is accurate and complete. Households will be allocated to routes and will be contacted in different ways depending on the result of our local and national data matching.

The electoral register was sent securely to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to be matched against their records in August. During the data matching process, electors’ names and addresses were matched against details held by the DWP.

If all the registered people at a property could be matched with the DWP, your property became a Route 1 property.

If there were any people at a property that couldn't be matched, your property became a Route 2 property.

Some forms do not require a response. If you do not respond to the initial form and you are required to do so, subsequent forms and/or emails will be sent to you.

If we still don't receive a response, electoral canvassers will contact you. This could be by telephone or by visiting your property with a form to encourage you to respond.

We will follow the latest UK Health Security Agency guidance when we visit properties.