The electoral register lists the name and address of everyone who has registered to vote.
By law, every council has to make the electoral register available for anyone to look at.
The register is at the council's Elections Office at Pittwood House, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe.
You can also see a copy of the register at Scunthorpe Central Library.
The Government has changed the law so you now have some choice about who can buy details of your name and address.
Under the changes there are two versions of the register:
- The full version
- The edited version
The full version
When you fill in your electoral registration form, you can choose whether you want your details in the edited register.
The full register has the names and addresses of everyone registered to vote. It is updated every month. Anyone can look at it, but copies can only be supplied for certain purposes, such as elections and law enforcement.
Credit reference agencies can also use the full register but only to check your name and address if you are applying for credit, and to help stop 'money laundering'.
Anyone who has a copy of the register will be committing a criminal offence if they unlawfully pass on information from it.
You do not have a choice about your name and address being on this register.
The edited version
The edited register will be available for general sale and can be used for any purpose.
But you can choose not to be on it.
It will be kept separate from the full register and updated every month.
The edited register can be bought by any person, company or organisation.
It can be used for purposes such as checking your identity, and for commercial activities such as marketing.