Given all the media coverage today regarding Council’s sales of the Electoral Register the Electoral Services Manager has e-mailed councillors providing some clarification as to Runnymede’s position on the issue.
Each year, Runnymede Borough Council expects to make £3000 from the sale of the register.
The bulk of Runnymede’s income comes from the major credit companies who are entitled to purchase the Full Register of Electors for reasons stipulated in the legislation e.g. fraud prevention, money laundering, credit checking etc. The sales to others for “any use” of the Edited Register, the register where residents can actually opt out and not appear, is negligible (last year £503) out of a total income of £2910 (17.2%).