Individual Electoral Registration

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 24 March 2015.

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Photo of Sam Gyimah Sam Gyimah The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education 11:30, 24 March 2015

We have learned the lessons from Northern Ireland. One of the things we have preserved in the transition to IER is indeed the annual canvass. That is also why we have carried over people from the last annual canvass to ensure that no one who was registered to vote as at January 2014 will lose their right to vote come 7 May.