Electoral Register: Young People
(asked on 27th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many attainers are currently registered to vote in (1) England, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland, and (4) Wales; and how many were registered each year from 2015 to 2020.
The number of attainers registered to vote can be found on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/datasets/electoralstatisticsforuk.
The number of attainers included in the local government register, by year, are:
| England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
2020 | 196,346 | 14,640 | 29,599 | 490 |
2019 | 265,624 | 13,170 | 14,577 | 319 |
2018 | 268,396 | 13,172 | 20,232 | 574 |
2017 | 279,388 | 13,001 | 20,788 | 608 |
2016 | 293,430 | 13,810 | 22,035 | 5,000 |
2015 | 244,781 | 12,462 | 21,343 | 5,350 |
An elector must be 18 years old to be included on the UK Parliamentary register. As such, attainers are not included in UK Parliamentary registers.