Electoral register stats
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request that Brighton & Hove City Council send me the following information:
(a) the number of distinct residential properties (hereafter, dwellings) currently listed on the Local Land and Property Gazetteer in the area covered by the authority;
(b) the number of distinct dwellings within which there are electors resident on the electoral register currently in force for the area covered by the authority;
(c) the total amount of money the authority and its electoral registration officer plan to disburse (including funds from both central and local government) to promote electoral registration in the area covered by Brighton & Hove City Council between 7 May 2015 and 30 November 2015;
(d) the total number of electors, of all electoral franchises, on the electoral register for Brighton & Hove City Council as at:
(i) 7 May 2015, and
(ii) today;
(e) the total number of electors, of all electoral franchises, on the electoral register for Brighton & Hove City Council, and who have either been successfully datamatched as part of the transition to individual electoral registration, or have individually registered or re-registered since individual electoral registration began, as at
(i) 7 May 2015, and
(ii) today;
In respect of (a), (b), (d) and (e) above, I would be very grateful if as well as providing the data for the council area as a whole, you could also provide it for each Westminster Parliamentary Constituency wholly or partly within the area of the authority.
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The Electoral Registration Officer / Returning Officer does not carry out the duties on behalf of the local authority but in her own personal capacity. A list of public bodies and local authorities that are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act is available at the following website:
http://www.foi.gov.uk/yourRights/publica...
As you will see, the Freedom of Information Act does not list any person appointed under the Representation of the People Act 1983. It follows that the Electoral Registration Officer, Returning Officer or any other person appointed under the Act are not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Notwithstanding that there is no statutory obligation, I am providing the following information:
a. The number of distinct residential properties currently listed on the Local Land and Property Gazatteer in Brighton & Hove is 139,175.
b. The number of properties on our electoral register where there are electors registered is 115,001.
c. Our budget for publicity and marketing is £24,790 this year
d. The total number of electors for Brighton & Hove as at
(i) 7 May 2015; was 213,728
(ii) Today; 210,821
e. We are unable to provide this information until our software company can produce a report
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This request was made by an anonymous user through mySociety's now defunct FOI Register software (https://www.mysociety.org/2014/02/10/bri...). The integration has now been removed. The external URL for the request was http://foi.brighton-hove.gov.uk/requests....