England, Devon, Plymouth, Electoral Rolls, 1781-1973
This collection was compiled from voting registers held by the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. Index provided by FindMyPast.
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England, Devon, Plymouth, Electoral Rolls
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains parliamentary electoral rolls, electoral registers, and voter's lists. Electoral registers were made annually to list all the persons eligible to vote, and to specify which elections in which they were entitled to participate. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Person's name
- Event year
- Residence
- Record type: electoral roll, voter's list, etc.
The word "successive" written next to a person's residence indicates that within the last year the person has moved, and their qualification to vote has continued to their new residence. This notation is first found in registers from the 1850s.
Registers from 1918-1927 use the following codes:
- R – Residence qualification
- BP – Business premises qualification
- O – Occupational qualification
- HO – Qualification through husband's occupation
- NM – Naval or military voter
- A dash was used to indicate a person was ineligible to vote
Registers after 1928 include two codes next to an elector’s name. The first code indicates qualification to vote in parliamentary elections. The second code indicates qualification to vote in local elections.
- R – Residence qualification (man)
- Rw – Residence qualification (woman)
- B – Business premises qualification (man)
- Bw – Business premises qualification (woman)
- O – Occupational qualification (man)
- Ow – Occupational qualification (woman)
- D – Qualification through wife's occupation
- Dw – Qualification through husband's occupation
- NM – Naval or military voter
Additional codes are used to signify the following:
- J – Eligible to serve as juror
- SJ – Eligible to serve as special juror
- a – Absent voter
Collection Content
Sample Images
Electoral register, v. 88/21, April 1859
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
North Devon Record Office, Plymouth And West Devon Record Office
"England, Devon, Plymouth, Electoral Rolls, 1781-1973", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 7 January 2026.
