Labour reveals 800,000 missing from the electoral register - Gloria De Piero

Labour reveals 800,000 missing from the electoral register

Preliminary analysis conducted by Labour has revealed that 800,000 people have fallen off the electoral register, with university areas showing particularly high drop off rates.

Labour’s Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration, Gloria De Piero MP, has written to Minister John Penrose, to call on the Government to issue guidance to all Vice Chancellors to ensure that students are given the opportunity to register to vote upon enrolment. This is already being used to great success at Sheffield University and other higher education institutions.

Gloria De Piero MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration, said:

“About 800,000 people are missing from the electoral register. The Government ignored independent warnings not to rush through IER, and now it appears that students are a casualty of their hasty changes.

“The Government can act by issuing guidance to universities to support them with voter registration – we hope they listen.”