Annual household canvass

Between August and November 2023 we carried out our Annual Household Canvass of properties in the Hastings area. This was 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.

There were various changes to the process following national reform.

We sent out correspondence to all residential properties in various forms: letters, emails, SMS, and also made contact via telephone and visits to homes. Emails were sent from hastings@householdresponse.com.

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

What happens next?

Once we have received 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 2023.