Electoral Register: Young People

(asked on 22nd January 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many young people were included on the electoral register in December (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 in (i) the UK, (ii) each region and constituent part of the UK and (iii) each local authority area.


Answered by
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Gary Streeter
This question was answered on 2nd February 2015

The Electoral Commission does not hold data on the age profile of registered electors.

The Electoral Commission has previously estimated the proportion of people correctly registered by age. The most recent estimates can be found in its report The quality of the 2014 electoral registers in Great Britain, which is available on its website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/169889/Completeness-and-accuracy-of-the-2014-electoral-registers-in-Great-Britain.pdf.

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