A Bill to impose certain duties upon Her Majesty’s Government to ensure the accuracy, completeness and utility of electoral registers; to make provision for the sharing of data for the purposes of electoral registration; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
9 October 2019
The Automatic Electoral Registration Bill would require the government to improve the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of the electoral registers. It also lays out rules for sharing government data to help people register to vote, and includes related provisions to support the registration system. The overall aim is to make voter registration quicker, more complete and more reliable.
The bill is at the Lords' Second Reading. If it progresses, it will move to Committee stage, then Third Reading in the Lords, before moving to the Commons for consideration.
Generated 21 February 2026
First reading took place on 18 July. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
The 2017-2019 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
