Electoral Services - Performance Report - Annual Canvass
2007-2008 Register |
| This page provides a report on the Electoral Services
Performance in connection with the Annual Canvass for the 2007-2008
Electoral
Register. | |
Annual Canvass
Under Section 9A of The Representation of the People
Act 1983 the Council is required to conduct an annual canvass to
compile the Register of Electors, taking a number of necessary
steps to this end, which include sending forms, making house to
house inquiries, making contact by such other means as are
considered appropriate and inspecting other council records.
| Houses to which forms were sent |
67318 |
| Responses received (number) |
66598 |
| Responses received (%age) |
98.9 |
| Responses received by post, door to door inquiry and checking
other council records |
58909 |
| Responses received by door to door canvass |
14406 |
| Responses received by telephone |
4529 |
| Responses received by internet |
3473 |
| Void or empty properties |
3099 |
| No response received |
720 |
| First reminder forms posted out when householder failed to
respond |
25900 |
| Second reminder forms posted out when householder failed to
respond |
3347 |
Borough Electorate
Regulation 44 of the Representation of the People
(England & Wales) Regulations 2001 requires the Council to make
a statistical return of the electorate at the date of the first
publication of the register, 1st December 2007. The following table
is an extract from that return.
|
Telford Constituency |
The Wrekin Constituency |
Authority Total |
| Parliamentary Electors |
60960 |
58853 |
119813 |
| Local Government Electors |
61477 |
59402 |
120879 |
| Attainers (rising 18) |
693 |
713 |
1406 |
| Services Electors |
57 |
73 |
130 |
| Overseas Electors |
17 |
15 |
32 |
| Others |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Postal Voting Applications
Each year, the annual canvass form invites the
electors to request an application form to allow them to vote by
post in future elections.
| 9822 |
Electors requested that a postal application form be sent to
them |
| 9822 |
Forms were sent out by the Electoral Services Office |
| 2639 |
Forms were returned by the electors |
The total number of postal votes at 3rd March 2008 was 36,717
representing 30.4% of the electorate at that date.
Additions, Deletions and Amendments made to the Electoral
Register during the year
As people move between properties they can apply to
be added or removed to and from addresses. Electors can also be
removed from the register when they die. Alterations can also be
made to the register when electors inform us of a change of name.
These changes take effect on the first working day of the month,
from January to September.
|
Added |
Removed |
Altered |
| 2nd January |
204 |
189 |
49 |
| 1st February |
436 |
458 |
126 |
| 3rd March |
561 |
534 |
128 |
| 1st April |
659 |
658 |
71 |
| 1st May |
203 |
306 |
23 |
| 2nd June |
250 |
205 |
25 |
| 1st July |
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| 1st August |
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| 1st September |
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Electoral Commission Performance Standards - Our 2008
Return
The Electoral Commission is assessing our
performance and comparing it with that of other Councils in England
& Wales. You can view our 2008 Return by clicking on the link
below.
Electoral Commission - 2008 Council Return - Excel
(.xls) | |
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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