What is the Church Electoral Roll
The Church Electoral Roll is the parish church’s register of electors, and is the list of those qualified to attend and to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in the elections for the Parochial Church Council (P.C.C.) and the parish’s representatives on the Deanery Synod. Any person entitled to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting may raise any question of parochial or general church interest.
The total number on the parish church electoral roll, as presented at the APCM, is an important factor in determining the number of lay representatives (parochial and deanery synod) that a parish may have.
PREPARATION OF NEW ELECTORAL ROLL IN 2026:
Under the Church Representation Rules a new Church Electoral Roll is prepared every six years before the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). In a year of renewal, no names are carried over from the old roll and everyone must apply for inclusion on the new roll. In subsequent years, a revision of the Electoral Roll takes place beore each Church Annual Meeting, which is normally held between March and May.
The Electoral Roll was renewed in 2026 (next renewal 2031).
Each year a formal process is undertaken by the PCC, as preparation for the APCM, to ensure the accuracy of the roll. As 2026 is an electoral roll revision year, only additons and deletions are made to the existing list.
To download the 2026 Application Form for Enrolment on the Church Electoral Roll:-
Click Here: for Word File for PDF File
N.B. The completed Application Form should be returned to the Electoral Roll Officer of the relevant parish - please see contact details below. Electronic signatures are permitted on application forms - it is sufficient for application forms to have a typed name where a signature is required if sending the form back from a personal email address.
Applications to join the Electoral Roll can be made at any time to the Electoral Roll officer (contact details below).
If you enrol, you become a voting member of the Church of England, and so help to ensure that all the synodical councils of the Church – the Parochial Church Council, your Deanery Synod, the Oxford Diocesan Synod and the General Synod – are fully representative of its members. For more information on the three synods go to the "Synod" section.
Those Entitled to Register on the Electoral Roll
Anyone who is baptised and is aged 16 or over, is entitled to apply for inclusion on the Church Electoral Roll of the parish if they are one of the following:-
- A member of the Church of England (or of a Church in communion with the Church of England) and are resident in the parish.
- a member of the Church of England (or of a Church in communion with the Church of England) and, not being resident in the parish, have habitually attended public worship in the parish during the period of six months prior to enrolment.
- a member in good standing of a Church (not in communion with the Church of England) which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and also declare themselves to be a member of the Church of England, and have habitually attended public worship in the parish during the period of six months prior to enrolment.
More detailed notes on the above regulations can be found at the end of the Application for Enrolment Form.
Electoral Roll Officers
The completed "Application for Enrolment Form" should be returned to the Electoral Roll Officer in the parish in which you reside/worship. Below are the details of the contact in each of the four parishes who will be happy to answer any queries that you might have and pass on those queries to the Electoral Roll Officer in their parish:-
Bow Brickhill:
Contact:- bowbrickhillchurch@gmail.com
Great Brickhill:
Jeremy Hopkinson: jeremysfh@gmail.com
Little Brickhill:
Little Brickhill PCC: littlebrickhillpcc@gmail.com
Stoke Hammond:
Hazel Turner: hmt270404@gmail.com