ELECTORAL REGISTERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: PER/B
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ELECTORAL REGISTERS
Date(s)	: 1987-1998
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 56.71 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Registers are created and maintained by borough councils.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The first registers of voters were lists of those owing land tax, since the right to vote depended on the amount of property a man owned.

It was not until the 1832 Reform Act that the creation of electoral registers became a requirement. At first these were the responsibility of the Quarter Sessions, although from 1888 they were compiled by County Councils and from 1974 by District Councils. The registers mainly list those eligible to vote for parliamentary elections although they often double as lists for local government elections.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Registers of electors for London boroughs including Barking and Dagenham; Barnet; Bexley; Brent; Bromley; Camden; Croydon; Enfield; Greenwich; Hackney; Hammersmith; Haringey; Harrow; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Islington; Kensington; Lambeth; Lewisham; Westminster; Merton; Newham; Redbridge; Richmond; Southwark; Sutton; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest and Wandsworth, 1987-1998.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

PER/B/1: registers for 1987-1996; PER/B/1997: registers for 1997; PER/B/1998: registers for 1998.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received in multiple accessions between 1995 and 1998 (ACC/3442, ACC/3710, B97/106).

Allied Materials

Related material:

For City of London electoral registers see COL/TCD/ER; for London County Council electoral registers 1890-1965 see LCC/PER/B and for Middlesex electoral registers see MR/PER.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
April to June 2009