Students registering to vote
Students away at college or university can register at their permanent home address and their term-time address. Registering to vote at your term-time address means you can choose where you vote. Find out more about students registering to vote.
No fixed address
You can still register to vote if you have no fixed address. You will need something called a declaration of local connection to show that you are connected to and spend time at a particular place. For more details, contact us .
Living or working overseas
If you are a British citizen or crown servant living abroad, you can register as an overseas elector. This allows you to vote in general elections. You cannot vote in local elections.
If you want to vote from overseas, you have two options:
- vote by proxy
- vote by post
Voting by proxy is where you appoint a person to cast your vote on your behalf.
We can send postal votes overseas. However, depending on where you live, it may take too long for your postal ballot to be sent back to us before it needs to be counted. If you think this applies to you, apply for a proxy vote instead.
Armed forces
People in the armed forces, and their spouses or civil partners, can register to vote as a service voter or an ordinary elector.
If you are based overseas or expect to be posted abroad in the next year, register as a service voter. This allows you to be registered at a fixed address in the UK even if you move around. A service voter registration also lasts for five years, so once you are registered, you should not have to worry about it while you are busy overseas.