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    Our guidance

    We provide guidance about the process of running elections, standing as a candidate, and campaigning at an election.

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  • Voting and elections
    Voting and elections

    Find out everything you need to know about voting and elections, including information about upcoming elections in your area.

    • Key dates for voters in 2026
    • Register to vote
    • Elections in your area
    • Who can vote
    • Ways to vote
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    • Campaigning for your vote
    • Reporting electoral fraud
    • Ways to get involved in democracy
  • Research, reports and data
    Research, reports and data

    Part of our role includes conducting research and gathering data, and publishing reports and making recommendations about elections that take place across the UK.

    • Our reports and data on past elections and referendums
    • Electoral registration research
    • Public attitudes
    • Modernising voting: flexible voting feasibility studies
    • Young people’s views on politics and voting
    • Electoral fraud data
    • Referendum question research
  • Political registration and regulation
    Political registration and regulation

    We are responsible for registering political parties, publishing political finance data, and taking action if we have reason to suspect political finance law has been broken.

    • Political party registration
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    • Our enforcement work
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  • News and views
    News and views

    Get the latest news from us, and read media handbooks for elections. We also hold consultations, and publish our responses to consultations from others.

    • Media centre
    • Our priorities for reforming elections
    • Parliamentary briefings
    • Key correspondence
    • Our consultations
    • Our responses to consultations
  • Resources
    Resources

    Use our resources to share information about voting and democracy. Take a look at our resources for young people. Download lesson plans and activities for use in the classroom or youth groups. Share our assets and get the message out.

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Our priorities for reforming elections

Electoral law is out of date. Find out where we want to see improvements.

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Our consultations

View and respond to our consultations, which we hold to find out what others think about current processes, or our proposals for change

Our responses to consultations

Read our responses to consultations that affect us and our work, and have an impact on what we're trying to achieve

Key correspondence

Read the letters we've sent to share our views with stakeholders

Parliamentary briefings

Our latest briefings on debates and legislation in the UK Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd.

Our support for MPs

We work closely with UK Parliament to promote public confidence in the democratic process

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