Electoral register update annual canvass
Published
Wednesday 9 July, 2025
Updated
Friday 11 July, 2025
Annual Canvass 2025
Electoral Register Update
The annual update of the electoral register will begin soon. We will be asking you to confirm the details of those at your address who are eligible to vote.
What happens
The electoral register update will take part in two stages:
- Online Canvass – if you have previously provided an email address, and we think we know who lives at the address, we will be asking you to check your details from July 2025.
- Canvass Forms – if you haven’t provided an email address, or we haven’t been able to confirm who lives at the address by checking government records, or you don’t respond to our online canvass, you will be sent a form in August 2025.
We'll contact you when it's your turn to confirm your details.
Online Canvass
If you've given us your email address in the past, (when you've registered to vote or completed other electoral forms), we may contact you by email between Tuesday 22 July and Thursday 24 July.
You will need to respond online by visiting www.elecreg.co.uk/swale-e and entering the two codes provided to you in the email, and your postcode. You will then be asked to confirm your details.
You won't be asked for sensitive information like bank account or passport details.
If you don't respond online before Sunday 3 August, we will send you a paper form later in August.
Canvass Forms
If you don’t complete the online canvass or weren’t sent an email, we'll send you a canvass form, in August. You'll receive the form if:
- you haven't given us your email address in the past, when registering to vote or completing other electoral forms.
- we haven’t been able to confirm who lives at the address by checking government records.
- you didn’t respond online by Sunday 3 August to the emails sent out between 22 and 24 July.
Please follow the instructions on the form to see if you need to do anything. The form includes details of ways to confirm your details online or by phone.
If you need to confirm your details, please do so by Sunday 7 September.
If we have asked you to respond, it is a legal requirement to provide the information we're requesting during the electoral register update.
If you haven't responded to requests to update your details online or by phone or email, by Sunday 7 September, you will receive a reminder which will include a pre-paid reply envelope so you can post your form back.
If you don't respond to the reminder by Monday 6 October, you may receive a house visit by one of our canvassers between Friday 24 October and Sunday 9 November.
Reporting a suspicious email
If you think that you've received a suspicious email regarding the 2025 Electoral Register Update, please contact electors@swale.gov.uk.
