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                  What is the difference between a voters’ roll and a valuation roll?

                  There are several differences because they were compiled for different purposes:

                  Valuation Rolls (1855-1989): Voters’ rolls (electoral rolls):
                  ·        Record owners and tenants of property who were liable for local taxation in a particular place.

                  ·        Are arranged by local authority area (county/district/burgh/parish/ward) and address

                  ·        Are no longer compiled for domestic addresses (the last domestic valuation roll was for 1989)

                  ·        Were usually published each year on 15 May until 1974, then 1 April from 1975 until 1989.

                  ·        List more addresses than corresponding voters’ rolls, but (since the 1880s) fewer people

                  		 ·        Record all those eligible to vote in a particular place.

                  ·        Are arranged by parliamentary constituency, polling district and (in most cases) address.

                  ·        Are still compiled annually

                  ·        Were, and are still, usually published in February each year

                  ·        List more people than the corresponding valuation roll (at least since the late 19th century), but the valuation roll will mention more properties (since it will include commercial and government property which contain no residential voters).