Plea for 'voiceless' 20,000 in North to secure voting rights

Almost 200,000 people in the North will miss out on the chance to vote in the European elections next month unless they get their skates on and get on the electoral register within a fortnight.

The Electoral Commission said today that with less than a moth to go before polling, up to 15% of eligible voters have still not added their details to the electoral register.