1.
• Requests to be entered onto the Electoral Register
a) During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many people submitted requests to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered to vote): 14423
b) During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many of the requests submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered to vote led to the individual being added to the electoral register: 13711. This figure does not include any duplicate applications received. Duplicate applications are where electors applied to register to vote but were already registered to vote at the address provided in their application.
• Requests to be entered onto the Electoral Register with a second address
c) If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many requests were submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered to vote were for individuals with more than one address: While this information must be included on each application for registration, it is not recorded in our system and therefore cannot be reported on.
d) If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many of the requests submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered to vote and having more than one address, led to the individual being added to the electoral register: While this information must be included on each application for registration, it is not recorded in our system and therefore cannot be reported on.
• Requests around postal votes
e) During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many requests were submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting: 23227
f) During the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, how many requests submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting resulted in the applicant being granted a postal vote: 21985
g) If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, out of all requests submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting that led to applicants being granted a postal vote, how many of the requests were in the form of a new electoral registration request (as in the postal vote application was accompanied by a new request to be entered on the electoral register): Online applications to register to vote and to apply for a postal vote are submitted via two separate webpages, so we do not hold this information in a way that links the two. Similarly, we do not record whether paper registration applications received by our office include a postal vote application.
h) If held as a discrete data field, during the period 01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026, out of all requests submitted to Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services to be registered for postal voting that led to applicants being granted a postal vote, how many of the requests were from individuals previous entered on the electoral register: 21985. Only registered electors can be granted a postal vote. While we can begin processing applications from individuals who are not yet on the register, we cannot complete it until they have made a successful application to be on the electoral roll.

2. Entries on the Electoral Register
a) At the point in time of 01/01/2026, how many people were registered to vote on Wokingham Borough Council’s electoral register: The electorate on 1 January 2026 was 136,831.
b) At the point in time of 01/01/2026, did Wokingham Borough Council hold any data or estimates relating to electoral registration completeness (as in, an estimate of the percentage of people registered to vote out of every person entitled to be registered to vote in the region covered by Wokingham Borough Council’s Electoral Services)? If yes, what is this percentage/estimated percentage: Electoral Services do not hold information on the exact number of residents in our area who are eligible to vote based on their age and nationality, so we are unable to provide this figure.