What can local councillors use the full register for?
Regulation 102 entitles Councillors to request a free copy of any revised version of the Register of Electors published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act, any notice setting out an alteration to the register published under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) of that Act and any list of Overseas Electors However, once a Councillor has been supplied with a copy of the full register they may not – (a) supply a copy of the full register to any person; (b) disclose any information contained in it, or (c) make use of any such information, except for purposes in connection with the office by virtue of which he/she is entitled to the full register or for electoral purposes. Advice from the Electoral Commission is that “electoral purposes” should be defined as anything to do with the process of campaigning and getting elected. Fundraising, including by political parties, for the purposes of communicating with voters and campaigning to get elected counts as “electoral purposes”. The regulations a
