Make A Difference

Your local Elmbridge councillors, Surrey County Council councillors, Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament all make decisions which affect the area you live in and the way you live your life. From transport to the environment, from sports provision to policing the streets, the decisions your representatives make affect you, and you can influence them.

If you're 18 or over you can vote in local, national and European elections and choose who you want to represent you and make decisions on your behalf. If you're 16 or 17 you don't have to wait until you are 18 to register to vote.

We send a voter registration form to every household in the borough at the start of September each year. Make sure whoever fills out the form for your household includes your details if you're 16 or over. If your name's missed off for any reason when we publish the new Register of Electors each December you can call us and we'll send you a separate registration form.

|About My Vote is a useful website with information regarding voting.

|Elmbridge Borough Councils website offers some information regarding voting.

|British Youth Council is led by young people aged 26 and under. It is a good way to join and make a difference.

|UK Youth Parliament is there to provide a nation-wide forum for young people to communicate key issues of concern to political leaders

|11 Million Take Over Day - works to make sure that adults in charge listen to young people's views - young people get the chance to have a say in things that affect you.

|GoSYP website(Go Surrey Young People) has got information about how you can make a difference in your area.