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Electoral register 


Electoral Register data is expected December 2013.

To find out who should supply Council Tax data refer to the data requirements.

Requirements

  • As part of our ongoing commitment to keep your data secure, in line with good practice when handling personal data, you are required to password protect each dataset once extracted from the relevant systems. If required refer to our guidance showing how to password protect data (PDF, 207kb)
  • data should only be submitted via the Data File Upload (DFU) facility
  • this data should be the 'full version' of the Electoral Register (not the commercially available 'edited version')
  • this data should relate to the registration exercise for the relevant October (see above)
  • this should be the first Register published after the canvassing that takes place between that August and November
  • it should be extracted and submitted as soon as it is formally published (in that December)
Field Data format Comments
Electoral Register reference number character This should be unique
Unique property reference number (UPRN) character This may not exist but if it does then it should be unique
Title character  
Surname character  
Forename character  
Middle name or middle initial character  
Address 1 character  
Address 2 character  
Address 3 character  
Address 4 character  
Postcode character  
Date of birth date This should exist when a member of the household has reached, or is soon to reach, the age of majority (18)