A copy of the registration form is available for you to download. You can, if you wish, print this off, complete it (including your signature) and return it.
Voter Registration Form (29KB)
Family Voter Registration Form (49KB)
Forms can be returned using the the following address:
Electoral Services Office
FREEPOST SF394
Civic Building
Walker Place
Rotherham
S65 1BR
or by fax or by e-mailing a scanned image of the completed form.
From the middle of August until the end of November each year, the annual canvass is carried out. You should not use this form to register during this period.
Instead every household will receive a different form and the occupiers must, by law, let us know who should be included on the register of electors for their address
If your household does not receive a form during this period, please 
contact us.
Why should I register?
You can only vote in elections and referendums if your name is on the register of electors. You are not automatically registered even if you pay Council Tax. The register is also used by major credit referencing companies and if your name is not included you may for example have difficulty obtaining credit, opening a bank account, getting a mortgage or establishing proof of residence.
For more information about getting and using your vote 
About My Vote
Who can register?
People who are British, Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland or European Union Citizens and 16 years of age or over. For more information on this subject, More information here
Members of HM armed forces
Service personnel and their husbands, wives, or civil partners posted abroad can register to vote by making a Service declaration. You must renew your Service declaration every three years. Please contact Electoral Services for more information and advice, or see the Electoral Commission website for a downloadable form.
You can register at the address where you would be living if you were not in the Services or for an address where you have lived in the past. You need to send your Service declaration to Electoral Services. Contact details
Service personnel and their husbands, wives or civil partners living in the UK, have the option of making a Service declaration, or can choose to vote in the traditional way; in person or by post or proxy.
Electoral Commission Service voter form
Crown Servants and British Council employees
Crown Servants and British Council employees posted overseas can vote in all elections. You need to download a registration from for Crown Servants and British Council employees, from the link below, and send it to Electoral Services, completing it for the address where you would be living if you were not posted overseas. You will have to renew this registration every year.
As a Crown Servant or British Council employee, you can choose to vote by post or
proxy. Postal votes are sent out approximately 10 days before election day, and must reach the Returning Officer before the close of poll. You will need to consider whether you have enough time
Electoral Commission Form for Crown Servants and British Council employees
Keeping your vote if you move abroad
If you are a British Citizen and you are, or are thinking of, living or working abroad, you may still be able to register to vote at Parliamentary and European Parliamentary elections in respect of your last address in the UK. However, you cannot vote in Local elections. Your right to register to vote in UK elections can last for up to 15 years. However, you will have to renew this registration every year. This advice does not apply to British Citizens who are resident of British Overseas Territories, who have not moved there within the last 15 years.
For more information and an application form visit the Electoral Commission's website.
Electoral Commission form for British Citizens living abroad
Students
If you are studying away from home, at college or university, you can register to vote at both your home and term-time address, and vote in Local elections for both addresses. However, you would be committing an offence if you voted in both areas in a general election.
Registration by Declaration of Local Connection
Patients in mental hospitals, persons remanded in custody and a homeless person is entitled to be registered as an elector, but only after a declaration of local connection has been made. However, this registration will have to be renewed every year.
Patients in mental hospitals
A person who is a patient in a mental hospital or an establishment maintained wholly or mainly for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from any form of mental disorder, whether or not they are detained there, is entitled to register as an elector at the address of the hospital or establishment but only if they submit a declaration of local connection. They cannot be registered as an ordinary elector at the address of the hospital or of the establishment.
Patients in mental hospitals who are detained offenders or on remand in custody are not entitled to be registered as electors and cannot therefore make a declaration of local connection.
Persons with a mental disorder resident at an address other than a mental hospital or special establishment for reception of such persons are not subject to registration by declaration. Their names can be included in the register as an ordinary elector in respect of their place of residence. They can register as an ordinary elector either at the annual canvass or at any time throughout the rest of the year.
Remand prisoners
Persons remanded in custody, but not convicted prisoners, who are detained in a penal institution or other place for custodial purposes, are entitled to be registered as electors at the place at which they are detained, provided that the period of their detention at that address is sufficient to enable them to be regarded as having a residence there. They can only be registered in pursuance of a declaration of local connection. They cannot be registered as ordinary electors at the address of the institution or establishment.
Homeless people
A homeless person may register at the address of, or which is nearest to, a place in the UK where they commonly spend a substantial part of their time (whether during the day or night). They can only be registered in pursuance of a declaration of local connection. They cannot be registered as ordinary electors at that place. This address may for example be a park bench, a bus shelter or the doorway to a high street store.
Please inform Electoral Services if you require a Declaration of Local Connection form using our contact details below.
Help and advice
If you need help or advice you can phone, fax, E-mail or write to the Electoral Services Office. You can sometimes make a special appointment for someone to call at your home by phoning our helpline on 01709 823590 or
E-mail electoral.services@rotherham.gov.uk
If you wish to call in person, the office is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. You should go to the Civic Building, Walker Place, Rotherham S65 1UF
Your questions answered
Q How do I know if I'm registered on the electoral register?
A You can contact Electoral Services to find out or inspect the register.
Q Do I need to fill a form in now?
A Each year you must fill in the form which is delivered to every household during the annual canvass. If you move house at any other time you can complete a form to update your details.
Q Can I put my whole family on the form?
A You can complete an individual or family form but every eligible person must sign individually.
Q I've already let the Council know I've moved and am paying Council Tax at my new address. Can they update the electoral register for me?
A No, Council Tax cannot tell who is eligible to vote from the information you give them.
Q How long does it take for my new details to get on the electoral register?
A We update the register at the beginning of most months and your details will take between two and six weeks to be updated depending on when you submit the form. No updating is done after the 1st September each year until a fully revised register is published on the 1st December.
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