Electoral Roll
2019 Preparation of a new Electoral Roll
Every six years each parish is required to prepare a new electoral roll. You should prepare a new roll in 2019.
A notice should be displayed on or near the main door of every C of E church in the parish. This needs to be done at least two months before the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) and has to stay up for at least 14 days. Once the notice is up, the preparation of the new electoral roll begins. During the 14 days while the notice is up, whoever is conducting services at the church needs to announce to the congregation that the new roll is being prepared.
The PCC needs to ensure that reasonable efforts are made to let everyone on the old electoral roll know that a new one is being prepared. These steps do not have to be taken for anyone who is no longer qualified to be on the roll, i.e. anyone who has become a clerk in Holy Orders or anyone living outside the parish who no longer worships regularly in the parish.
During the period of preparation of the roll, members on the previous roll need to apply to be included – inclusion is not automatic. New people can also apply during this period. A person applies by filling out an application for enrolment form. The preparation of the roll needs to be completed by a fixed date between 15 and 28 days before the APCM.
As with the annual revision, once the roll is complete a copy needs to be put up on or near the main door of the parish church, for at least 14 days before the APCM. During this time corrections may be made to the entries on the roll, for example how a name is spelt or amending the details of an address. No names can be added or removed during this period, this can only happen after the APCM.
The next scheduled preparation of a new Electoral Roll is in 2019 although you should start thinking about the process now. The timetable below will help the preparation run smoothly.
Other resources and forms are available at this website http://www.parishresources.org.uk/pccs/apcms/
You can download a blank certificate from here
You can download a blank application form from here
If you complete the online return you do not need to send us any paperwork. The online submission can be completed by clicking here
The deadline for this submission is 28th May 2019
Click on the timetable to see it at full size
There were many questions earlier in the year around GDPR/Data Protection and the Electoral Roll.
- There is a specific guidance document around the electoral roll and GDPR available, just click here to download.
- You should also download and share this Privacy Notice with those applying to be on the electoral roll this year and in the future. Click here to download.
- You can find more general information around GDPR by clicking here
- You can read the Church Representation Rules by clicking here
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Fraser McNish by email or phone (fraser@southwell.anglican.org 01636 814331)