Annual household canvass

Between July and October 2025 we will be carrying out our Annual Household Canvass of properties in the Hastings area. This is to confirm who lives at the address and check who is eligible to vote to make sure our electoral register is correct and up to date.

We will send out correspondence to all residential properties in various forms: letters, emails, and SMS. Emails will be sent from hastings@householdresponse.com.

Between 3 September and 20 October our canvassers will visit properties that have not yet responded to the canvass. Our canvassers will carry official Hastings Borough Council ID, and they are trained to assist with the completion of the canvass forms.

It is a legal requirement that someone over the age of 18 in each household submits a response to confirm the electors that are currently on the electoral register at that property. This must include the name and nationality of everyone aged 16 or over who is resident and eligible to register to vote.

What happens next?

When we receive your response, we will ask each newly added, eligible, member of the household to register to vote. A canvass response does not automatically register anyone to vote.

The easiest and quickest way to register to vote is online - Register to vote.

The revised electoral register will be published on 1 December 2025.