Policy paper

Using data matching to confirm electors: interim evaluation

This report evaluates 'confirmation’ (the process of using data matching to confirm electors on the electoral register) in England and Wales.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 21 October 2014
• Last updated: 26 November 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Confirmation evaluation: an interim evaluation of ‘confirmation’ – using data matching to confirm electors on the electoral register – in England and Wales

PDF, 560 KB, 49 pages

1. Department for Work and Pensions confirmation results: England and Wales 2014

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 4.72 MB

2. Local data matching results: England and Wales 2014

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 3.98 MB

3. Department for Work and Pensions and local data matching: England and Wales 2014 - footnotes

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 11.2 KB

Details

Confirmation matches the names and addresses of records on all Electoral Registration Officers’ (EROs) current electoral registers against data held by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Confirmation is an important part of the move to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), changing how people register to vote. Confirmation allows EROs to transfer existing electors who are successfully matched onto the first IER register: this will simplify the transition for most people.

This report was announced on 21 October 2014 and sets out the findings from confirmation in England and Wales.

Read the final confirmation evaluation for Great Britain and the 2013 evaluation of the data matching pilot.

Published 21 October 2014
Last updated 26 November 2014 + show all updates

1. 26 November 2014

   Added link to latest confirmation evaluation report.

2. 29 October 2014

   Data added.

3. 21 October 2014

   First published.