You're eligible to vote in the General Election if you are...

• • • 18 years of age or more in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales
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  • • 16 years of age or more in Scotland
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  • • A UK or Irish citizen
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  • • A qualifying Commonwealth citizen living in the UK. Find out more on this here
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  • • A qualifying EU citizen living in the UK. Find out more on this here
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Eligible to vote? Hooray! Read on to find out the different ways that you can register...

Register Online

You can register online here by following the instructions provided. You may need your National Insurance number and/or your passport if you're a British citizen living abroad and hoping to vote in England, Scotland or Wales

If you're concerned about your safety, you can register anonymously here

Register by Post

You can register by post here. Simply find and complete the relevant form. Please note that there is a different form for registering by post in Northern Ireland which you can access here

You'll be able to register to vote at both your home and term-time addresses. If your home and University address are in two different local authority areas, you'll only be able to vote in one of them for the General Election

As a reminder, you must make sure you've registered to vote at your current address. If you've changed address since you last registered, you will need to re-register

If you're still a little stuck, you can contact your Electoral Registration Office.

For those with learning disabilities, you can find an easy read guide here

For the first time ever in a General Election, all voters must present an accepted form of photo ID at the polling station. If you do not bring this with you, you will not be allowed to vote

You can use any of the following accepted forms of photo ID when voting at the polling station:

• • Passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA (European Economic Area) state or a Commonwealth country (including an Irish Passport Card) 
• • Driving licence issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state (this includes a provisional driving licence)
• • A Blue Badge
• • Older Person’s Bus Pass funded by the UK Government
• • Disabled Person’s Bus Pass funded by the UK Government
• • A PASS card

Other accepted government issued documents include:

• • Biometric immigration document
• • National identity card issued by an EEA state
• • Voter Authority Certificate
• • Anonymous Electoral Document

If you don't have an accepted form of photo ID (as listed above), you can apply for a free voter ID document, known as a Voter Authority Certificate on the government website. The deadline for this is Wednesday 26th June (17:00). You must have also registered to vote prior to applying for a Voter Authority Certificate

If you don’t have a valid form of ID, you can get a FREE CitizenCard from the NUS here, which you can use to vote. The deadline to apply for a CitizenCard is Thursday 20th June, so don’t leave it too late!

You will need to show one form (and only one form) of photo ID at the polling station and it must be the original version. Photocopies, pictures or screenshots will not be accepted