The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP

10 Downing Street

London SW1A 2AA

20th May 2025

Dear Prime Minister,

The UK’s Victorian-era voter registration system needs replacing. Over 6 million eligible citizens are not on the electoral register.

It’s time to register every voter. 

Worst affected by the current system are young people, ethnic minorities and renters. The system isn’t working for people with disabilities either.

Dozens of countries are already using a system of automatic voter enrolment. This change is supported by the Electoral Commission, the Association of Electoral Administrators, Unlock Democracy and many other experts in the field.
The Government has the opportunity to bring voter registration into the modern era. Please include a commitment to automatic voter enrolment in the forthcoming Elections Bill.

Yours sincerely,

Grahame Morris MP

Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP

Cameron Thomas MP

Andy Slaughter MP

Amanda Hack MP

Lisa Smart MP

Lauren Sullivan MP

Mary Glindon MP

Warinder Juss MP

Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP

Simon Opher MP

Sean Woodcock MP

Sadik Al-Hassan MP

Roz Savage MP

Richard Quigley MP

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP

James Naish MP

Rachael Maskell MP

Cat Smith MP

Layla Moran MP

Margaret Mullane MP 

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP 

Iqbal Mohamed MP

Kim Johnson MP

Vikki Slade MP

Ellie Chowns MP

Peers

Baroness Bennett

Baroness Golding

Lord Rennard

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Lord Wigley

Baroness Sal Brinton

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