If you would like to check that you are on the Register, we can provide you with a letter of confirmation. There is a charge of £10 for this service. To request a letter of confirmation, please send a cheque made payable to Trafford Council to:

Electoral Services
Trafford Council
Quay West, 6th Floor
Trafford Wharf Road
Trafford Park
M17 1HH

You can also check registers from 2001 to the present date at Quay West, Trafford Wharf Road between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday. Earlier registers are held at our Local Studies Centre.

• You must be resident at an address
• You have to be eighteen or over
• You must be a British, qualifying Commonwealth, Irish or other European Union citizen.

Overseas electors

These include:

• British citizens living abroad
• Members of HM Forces and their spouses
• Crown Servants employed outside the United Kingdom

Overseas electors are allowed to vote in British Parliamentary and European Parliamentary elections only.

European Union Citizens

European Union Citizens are allowed to vote in European Parliamentary and Local elections only.

You can add your name to the register of electors at any time throughout the year except during the months of September to November because this is when a canvass of each property in the Borough is undertaken.

To register, please complete a voter registration form you will need to print off the form and then complete it as we need a copy of your signature.

There is a box on the form to apply to vote by post. If you tick it when you fill in the form we will send you a Postal Vote application form.

What happens next?

When we have received your form, we will add your name to our list of new applications. Any elector may object to your name being added to the register but if this happens, we will write to you.

We will also tell the Electoral Registration Office for your old address that you have moved, so that your name can be removed from their register. People who live at two homes (including students) are allowed to register at both.

There is no monthly update for October or November. This is the annual canvass period when all households have to register. A new register is published on 1 December each year.

We make two versions of the register. The full register lists everyone who is entitled to vote. You can check it by calling at the Council Offices in Quay West on Trafford Wharf Road. Anyone can look at it, but it is a criminal offence to give, or use, copies of it for purposes other than those set down in law. You can see more information on the about my vote website.

We use the full register to show who can vote in elections and referendums. Credit reference agencies can use the register, but only to check your name and address if you are applying for credit and for other purposes as set out in law. It can also be used to help stop crime.

The edited register leaves out the names and addresses of people who have asked for them to be excluded from the edited version of the register. The edited register can be bought by anyone who asks for a copy and they may use it for any purpose.

Deadlines for Electoral Registration