Electoral Roll Issue affecting all UK residents

Mickey666

Malkytheheed said:

xlnc99 said:

No idea! But i for one am panicking big time!  

wow....

Quite.
I wonder how they'll react when there is something to REALLY panic about?

LittleVoice

xlnc99 said:

Asghar said:

xlnc99 said:

it is dramatic! This is huge and its not a lie!

You mean everyone in the UK has moved recently and their records won't be updated? Well it does not have an effect on me whatsoever.

No it does not matter if you have moved or not. The electoral roll is not being updated so you wont be on it for the year.

Electoral registers are not updated just once a year (following the annual canvass) but will be updated by local authorities following receipt of applications to be added (submitted at any point during the year) and also when notified of deaths.  That is why councils will update the CRAs on a monthly basis.

Fighter1986

Equifax aren't in a position to speak on behalf on a single local authority let alone all of them, they're talking absolute b******* again.

Have you been able to corrobberate the missing ER data on your Experian and Trans Union credit files as well? It's probably another Equifax balls up that they're trying to palm of on to someone else again rather than taking responsibility.

nick74

Didn't a similar issue occur in the early 2000s when some local authorities were concerned about legal action being taken against them for revealing electoral roll information to third parties, such as marketing organisations? I think that was what led to the creation of the 'full' and 'edited' registers? From memory my electoral roll info didn't get updated with the CRAs for over a year, but it didn't stop me obtaining credit during that time.

annetheman

Thanks for the heads up, I just checked my report and I am indeed no longer registered on the electoral roll at this address, plus my score is down in current report having been stable for a long time - thought that was due to a hard search for my mortgage application!

TransUnion and Experian reports seem fine, oddly.

General_Grant

nick74 said:

Didn't a similar issue occur in the early 2000s when some local authorities were concerned about legal action being taken against them for revealing electoral roll information to third parties, such as marketing organisations? I think that was what led to the creation of the 'full' and 'edited' registers? From memory my electoral roll info didn't get updated with the CRAs for over a year, but it didn't stop me obtaining credit during that time.

It was in November 2001 that the "open" register (the one that can be sold) was introduced.

xlnc99

The big concern here is no-one really knows when it will be updated. Lets face, with the Covid situation not getting better and potentially worse, i would imagine another 6 months - 1 year at least.

Fighter1986

annetheman said:

Thanks for the heads up, I just checked my report and I am indeed no longer registered on the electoral roll at this address, plus my score is down in current report having been stable for a long time - thought that was due to a hard search for my mortgage application!

TransUnion and Experian reports seem fine, oddly.

Just as I thought.

Equifax making excuses as usual. 

cymruchris

xlnc99 said:

No idea! But i for one am panicking big time!  

It seems you're the only one panicking then - has the general consensus of the thread calmed you down somewhat yet?

xlnc99 said:

The big concern here is no-one really knows when it will be updated. Lets face, with the Covid situation not getting better and potentially worse, i would imagine another 6 months - 1 year at least.

You're making up your own timeframes as you go along - there's no suggestion of it taking a year to resolve - most likely a month, two tops. And even if it's longer, the financial institutions will work their way around it, as this is not something that either you, or those around you have caused, or have control over.

Barny1979

xlnc99 said:

The big concern here is no-one really knows when it will be updated. Lets face, with the Covid situation not getting better and potentially worse, i would imagine another 6 months - 1 year at least.

God help you if you've ever purchased a house or changed jobs, not sure you would be able to cope.