Annual Canvass 2025

Please be aware, properties of responses received after Monday 30th June 2025 will still be a part of the postal mail out.

We have started contacting properties in Babergh and Mid Suffolk to confirm who is registered to vote. Email correspondences sent by our Electoral Services team will be addressed from either elections@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk or babergh.and.mid.suffolk.electoral.services@notifications.service.gov.uk.

This is an official email account that we use. The email will direct you to https://www.registersecurely.com/BaberghandMidSuffolk where you can confirm the electoral register details for your property. The email will provide two security codes that you must provide when signing in, along with your post code.

If you update or confirm your details by email, you do not need to return any paper annual canvass form you may receive.

Please act now and respond with your household’s electoral register details so we can check who is eligible to be registered to vote at this property.

Update or confirm your details online

The majority of households now respond online but if you do not update your details online, we are legally required to send you a paper form. Responding online now is quick and easy; it only takes a few minutes, and it saves paper forms being printed and the council a significant expense on postage.

Visit https://www.registersecurely.com/BaberghandMidSuffolk

Enter your unique security code:
Security code part 1: <enter number received>
Security code part 2: <enter number received>

Update your household information and submit.

Please complete the above steps as soon as possible.

Only one elector from the property needs to respond.

Update your household’s electoral register details

You should include the names and nationalities of everyone who lives at this address. If you add any new people and cannot provide their National Insurance number and date of birth, they will need to complete a separate registration application. They can register to vote online. We will send each new applicant a form, if they do not apply online.

Moved house?

You may be receiving this email because you are still registered to vote at a previous address. Entering your current postcode will result in the security codes not working. If you try your old postcode and security numbers you can login and record that you no longer reside at the property.

What happens if I don’t update or confirm my details online?

If you do not respond a printed paper copy of the canvass form will be sent to your property at the beginning of September 2025. The last date for responses to be accepted is Friday 21 November 2025.

What is a draft elector?

A draft elector is someone who the Council has been notified as living at a residence but has yet to complete a full application. Applications can be made on the government site. Visit: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

If an application has been made but key identifiers are missing, such as date of birth and national insurance number, then the applicant will remain a draft elector as the Council will be unable to verify them against the department of work and pensions (DWP) records.

If an elector is unable to supply the required personal identifiers they may submit documentary evidence, a complete list of acceptable documents can be found on the electoral commission site.

If you have already submitted an application but appear on the canvass form as a draft elector, you are encouraged to contact electoral services at elections@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk or phone: 0300 123 4000 option 7, to provide either the missing personal identifiers or submit documentary evidence.