This many Brummies have not registered to vote on May 5

More than 110,000 Birmingham adults will not be able to vote on Thursday after failing to register in time, new figures have revealed.

That is 13 per cent of over 18s who have lost the right to help choose their city councillor or the next West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.

And the figure soars to 223,000 people across the West Midlands region who are not registered. They could also miss out on the European Union referendum unless they sign up to vote before June 7.

Campaigners have blamed the shift to a new voter registration system in 2014 and called for more innovate ways of registering, such as when teenagers apply for a driving licence or people sign up for benefits or a passport.

Head of campaigns at the Electoral Reform Society Will Brett said: “The Government clearly rushed the shift to Individual Electoral Registration.

“By moving to the new system in 2014 instead of 2015 as we recommended, hundreds of thousands of names dropped off the register, including many in Birmingham. Of course, many people who fell off the old register will have signed up since.”

The new system meant that each individual has to register, rather than the head of the household signing up all the family. Areas will large student populations also saw a slump in registration.

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Mr Brett said: “There’s a lot more to be done to make sure people are signed up to vote. We need to be looking at innovative ways to boost engagement – from trialling automatic registration, to allowing people to sign up on the day and to vote wherever they are in the council area.

“Why aren’t people encouraged to register when they sign up for a driving license, or when sorting out pensions or benefits?

“We need to see a registration revolution in the UK – including registration drives in schools and workplaces, alongside decent citizenship education so that people feel really informed about what they’re voting for.”

The Electoral Reform Society is also campaigning for a proportional voting system which they argue would ensure more votes count and increase turnout.

According to Government figures a total of 1.92 million people in Birmingham and the Black Country were registered to vote in December, out of an adult population of 2.14 million. Some more will have signed up since then.