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Dear Jenna Corderoy 
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Request has been received on : 02/02/2018. 
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You sent us a Freedom of Information request on 02/02/2018

Your request number is CRN00154026

We’ve looked at your request and you should receive a reply on or before 02/03/2018 10:33 This will be 20 working days since your original request.

The request

From: Jenna Corderoy [mailto:[FOI #461895 email]]
Sent: 01 February 2018 17:35
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Registered third parties

Dear Bristol City Council,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

For the years 2016 and 2017, please provide a list of registered third parties - regulated by the Electoral Commission - that have requested electoral registers and/or electoral register updates, overseas voters lists, and/or absent voters lists.

For each registered third party, please provide details on what they requested and when they requested it. Please also indicate whether their requests were fulfilled.

I would like to receive this information in an electronic format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I can refine the request. If you need any clarification, please contact me. I look forward to receiving a response in 20 working days. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

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Bristol City Council

You sent us a Freedom of Information request on 02/02/2018

Your request number is CRN00154026

Our reply to your request is:  

The registration of electors and the Electoral Registration Officer
are governed by the Representation of the People Act 1983, as
amended. Under Section 8 of the Act, the council must appoint an
officer of the council to be the registration officer for any
constituency or part of a constituency coterminous with or situated
in the council’s area. The Monitoring Officer is the appointed
officer for the registration area of Bristol City Council. Her
appointment as Electoral Registration Officer is separate to her
appointment as Monitoring Officer and, although appointed by the
council, the Electoral Registration Officer’s responsibilities and
duties are personal. An example of this is that the register of
electors is deemed to be the property of the Electoral Registration
Officer, not the local authority.
The Electoral Registration Officer does not carry out the duties on
behalf of the local authority but in her own personal capacity. 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 the above, the Council is happy to provide
information where it is readily available.
 
The following were the requests received 2016 and 2017.

* 2016 – EU Referendum Electoral RegisterVote Leave
Request for EU Referendum Electoral Register, absent voters list,
overseas voters list and monthly Notices of Alteration until the
election received 10 February 2016.
Request granted.

* 2016 – EU Referendum Electoral RegisterLeave.EU Group Ltd
Request for EU Referendum Electoral Register as at 1 March
received 6 March 2016.
Request granted.

* 2016 – EU Referendum Electoral RegisterVoter Consultancy
Request for Full Electoral Register as at 1 March received 8
March 2016.
Request granted.

* Dec 2016-17 Electoral RegisterVoter Consultancy
Request for Full Electoral Register and Monthly Notices of
Alteration received 23 November 2016.

Request granted.

This response should answer your request in full.

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Email: [1][Bristol City Council request email]
Write to: Customer Relations (100TS), PO Box 3176, Bristol, BS3 9FS

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Find out how to do this on the Information Commissioner Office
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 (link to [2]http://ico.org.uk/concerns)

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Bristol City Council

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