People registered to vote in UK Parliament elections, by nation
Entries on the electoral registers for UK Parliament elections in the United Kingdom and each of its four nations, at the 1st of December, the date councils publish their annual registers.
United Kingdom
47,518,488
1 Dec 2025
Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:59 UTCSource: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
5 rows
| Category | Registered to vote |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 47,518,488 |
| England | 39,791,868 |
| Wales | 2,324,411 |
| Scotland | 4,035,570 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,366,639 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/datasets/electoralstatisticsforuk
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 29 October 2026, 11:49 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/datasets/electoralstatisticsforuk/dataSHA-256 185f2c1c6dcaaf7278bd21f2c94f6e0f71aef51eb86322c94fd3160556b2c429 · 6,332 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/datasets/electoralstatisticsforuk/december2025/dataSHA-256 caea9a1099df28ab159f28da75a54b9ac42c1fb95254a2af600eb1a76264e458 · 979 bytes
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/datasets/electoralstatisticsforuk/december2025/offsenelectoralregistrationstatistics2025.xlsxSHA-256 a29a4cce4647c57c8b1f964ef6b0ae9e0e23f9f93a8bcfd567f747d721d0c634 · 64,385 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 11:59 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 11:59 UTC; 5 of 5 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:49:44Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 5 of 5 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 5 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 5 of 5 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the december2025 edition counts at 2025-12-01, 332 days before retrieval (limit 600) |
| Pass | Constituencies add up to each nation | 5 of 5 figures match the sum of the 650 constituencies on the same sheet |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/datasets/electoralstatisticsforuk – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Registrations, not people: the ONS counts the entries on the registers, including attainers who turn 18 before the next annual register.
- The ONS's 2025 edition covers UK Parliament registers only; registers for local elections, which include more people, were left out that year.