Brecon and Radnorshire has bucked the trend for the number of young people missing from the electoral register but campaigners fear many could still lose their right to vote.

The deadline to register to vote in the June 8 general election is 11.59pm tonight, Monday, May 22.

The Electoral Reform Society said the proportion of school leavers on the electoral roll across the UK dropped by over a quarter between 2013 and 2016.

Most of those 16 and 17-year-olds are now eligible to vote in June’s election but unless they, and others of voting age, register by the end of tonight they won’t be able to have their say at the polls.

Despite the drop in school leavers registering across the UK the figure in Brecon and Radnorshire actually increased over the same three year period.

Though the number of ’attainers’ (16 and 17-year-olds on the register) dropped by 11% from 2013 to 2015 it rose in 2016, to an increase of 15% on the 2013 figure.

However campaigners say as the Electoral Commission found in 2015 only about 45% of attainers as a whole across the UK had registered many local young people could still be missing out.

The Electoral Reform Society Cymru and various youth and equality charities and organisations have joined forces to highlight the need for people across Wales to register to vote.

ERS Cymru Director, Jess Blair, said: "These figures are a wake up call for everyone in Wales to make sure they are signed up to vote. With 350,000 people missing from the register altogether, that’s a huge number of citizens in Wales going without a say.

"At the last General Election in 2015 34% of registered voters didn’t vote, with one in seven of those eligible not even on the electoral register - a number greater than the share of the vote for any party. A boost in registration and turnout could make huge significant difference in June."