What postcode should I use?
If you're not sure what postcode to use, or you don't know your postcode, this page will help.
- Look up my postcode from my address
- Armed Forces
- Expatriates
- British Overseas Territories
- Crown Servants
- Homeless or of No Fixed Abode
- Remand Prisoners
- Mental Hospital Patients
- Look up my postcode from my address
Try this Postcode Finder if you know your address but don't know your postcode.
- Armed Forces
As a serviceman, you are still entitled to representation as a Service Voter.
If you've not already registered, you need to fill out an Electoral registration form for members of Her Majesty's armed forces from the Electoral Commission; you can read more information about electoral registration for servicemen. If you live in Northern Ireland (or would live there when not abroad) you need this form, available from the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.
You should give an address in the UK when you register; you will be registered to vote in the constituency where that address lies. Use the postcode of that address to contact your representatives using WriteToThem.
- Expatriates
Expatriates may register to vote from abroad if they have been registered to vote in the UK at some point within the last 15 years; or, if you were not old enough to vote when you were in the UK, if your parent or guardian was registered. Please read this information for overseas voters. Use the postcode of the address that you (or your parent or guardian) were last resident at in the UK when contacting your representatives using WriteToThem.
- British Overseas Territories
If you live in a British Overseas Territory or Crown Dependency, such as the Falkland Islands or British Antarctic Territory, then read this page to find out how to contact your representatives.
- Crown Servants
Crown Servants and employees of the British Council, and their spouses, are entitled to representation. If you've not already registered, you need to fill out the Electoral registration form for Crown Servants and British Council employees. Use the postcode of the address where you would be living if you were in the UK, or your last registered address, when contacting your representatives using WriteToThem.
- Homeless, of No Fixed Abode, Remand Prisoners, Mental Hospital Patients
So long as you have an address at which you have spent "considerable time" for 3 months, you're eligible to register at that address and to vote. You will need to fill out a "Declaration of Local Connection", which you can get from your local electoral registration office; register to vote at aboutmyvote.co.uk for more information. Use the postcode of the address you gave when registering to vote to contact your representative using WriteToThem.
(This page has been produced with assistance and advice from the Electoral Commission, including their leaflet, Electoral Registration in Great Britain, and their aboutmyvote web site. Please note that in Northern Ireland electoral registration is the responsibility of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland who can give more specific advice.)