Keeping your electoral roll up-to-date after moving house
Few things in adult life are more stressful than moving house. The planning, the packing and of course the last-minute panicking about paperwork. Even once you’re in, mountains are quickly made from molehills and before you know it, you’ve lost those tiny keys for the windows – never to be seen again.
The Current Status of This Year's Annual Canvass
Has the annual canvass included your 2019 electoral roll information?
If you registered or submitted changes to your Electoral Roll listing towards the end of 2018, the updated information should now be appearing on your Credit Report.
Am I On The Electoral Roll? How to Find Out
Find out if you're on the 2019 Electoral Roll
In addition to providing the ability to vote, being registered on the Electoral Roll (
sometimes called the Electoral Register) is of
vital importance when it comes to your Credit Rating and your chances of success with lenders. Your Electoral Roll listing is often considered an essential piece of information to lenders and therefore plays a key role in establishing a strong Credit Rating.
Electoral Roll - The Annual Canvass 2016
Your Electoral Roll entry is one of the most important elements of your credit file. Lenders place a lot of weight in the presence of an active Electoral Roll listing and can decline applications solely on the absence of this information if it is not returned on a credit search.
Only 7 days to register to vote
I doubt that I’m the only person to feel that the news surrounding the EU Referendum is overwhelming, confusing and more than a little biased. But whilst you try to make up your mind about whether to stay in or leave the EU, there is one thing that is certain – you’ll need to be registered to vote at your home address.
Not just a vote - The importance of the Electoral Roll
Research undertaken by credit provider Aqua found that only one in five adults between the age of 18 and 24 are registered on the Electoral Roll. More worryingly, they also found that none of those surveyed believed that the absence of this listing could impact a credit application.
Annual Canvass 2015 – make sure you register
Not registered to vote at your current address? If you are being declined credit then this may have something to do with it – so what better time to resolve this than the 2015 Annual Canvass.
Electoral Register sees decrease of nearly one million voters
The Electoral Commission have released figures detailing a fall of 920,000 registrations in the past year. The 2% reduction in the voter registration occurred between March and December 2014, which critics have blamed on the ways in which people are now able to register, as old systems have either been restricted or replaced entirely.
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