Residents reminded to respond to annual canvass
Monday, August 11, 2025
Residents in the Wakefield district are being reminded to respond to recent contact from the Council asking them to register to vote.
Every residential property in the district has now been contacted. Wakefield Council is required to ensure that records are up to date before the next elections in May 2026.
“It’s important to make sure you are registered to vote. It only takes a few minutes to check and update the details for your whole household, so please take the time to do it. If you need any support to fill in your form, please contact our electoral services team who will be happy to help.
“Those that don’t respond to these requests will be receiving a further email or telephone call, which is costly to the Council. Also, if your details are not up to date on the electoral register, it may lead to problems obtaining credit or opening bank accounts. Credit reference companies rely on the register for background information, so registering to vote can help your credit score.”
Tony Reeves
Electoral Registration Officer
The quickest and easiest way to respond is online at www.registersecurely.com/wakefield using the security codes printed on the letter.
Emails will come from either elections@elections.wakefield.gov.uk or elections@wakefield.gov.uk. Both addresses are genuine and not spam.
Registering online will take only a few minutes, and you can update the details for your household online.
The Council are also getting in touch with a number of postal voters who need to re-apply to keep their postal vote in the next elections.
Anyone who receives an email or a letter requesting they re-apply are encouraged to do so as soon as possible so they don’t forget.
If they do not re-apply, they will lose their postal vote for the next scheduled elections in May 2026.
More information and how to re-apply can be found at https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/elections/voter-information/absent-vote-re-application
Any person who requires support can call the Electoral Services team on 01924 305023 or email elections@wakefield.gov.uk
Further information about registration and voting can be found at www.wakefield.gov.uk/elections