About Electoral Services

Electoral Services ensures that the democratic processes for the authority is managed in accordance with the law. They are responsible for:

Maintaining the Electoral Register
Running elections and referendums e.g. Mayoral, Council, GLA and European elections
Encouraging people to join the democratic process.

An annual canvass is conducted between September and November every year.

Canvass forms are sent out to 100,000 addresses containing the details of around 148,000 electors.

Reminders are then sent out, after which canvassers will visit those households that have not returned their forms.

Are you registered to vote?

For more information please see the Registering to Vote page on the left.

During elections staff are employed to staff polling stations, conduct the count and help with the administration of the election.

For more information on voting and how to vote, please visit the How to Vote page on the left.

Please contact Electoral Services using the contact details on the right.

We welcome your comments, compliments and suggestions as this helps us to improve our service to you.

Please send your comments, compliments and suggestions to Electoral Services, email: info@hackney.gov.uk

We will take all suggestions seriously and carefully consider each one
We will write back to you within ten working days of receipt
We will keep you informed if it takes longer than this to deal with your suggestion
If we do not take up your suggestion, we will explain our reasons to you.

Page updated: 29 Apr 2009