How to Search the Electoral Register
- 1). Search the edited version of the Electoral Register online. There is a fee. You will need the person's name and, if available, his last known address. The more detailed the address information, the narrower the results of the search.
- 2). Search the records manually. Use the person's past or current address to determine the constituency to search. First decide on the year you will be checking as boundaries of constituencies have changed over the years. Then check the Boundary Commission reports, available in the British Library's Quick Reference Collection in the Social Sciences Reading Room, for the correct constituency. Be aware that searching the electoral registers for one person, without knowing the constituency, is not a very easy or useful way to trace a person.
- 3). Check the "Parliamentary Constituencies and Their Registers since 1832" to find out whether the British Library is holding a copy of the register for the constituency and year you want. Information in the previous 10 years' registers is restricted by the Representation of the People, Data Protection and Human Rights legislation.
- 4). Go to the British Library in London, at 96 Euston Road, and request the register based on constituency and year.
- 5). Contact the British Library Research Service by phone at +44 (0)20 7412 7903 to ask it to search the registers for you. There is a fee for this service that is dependent on the amount of work required to complete the job.
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