Thanet council has apologised after sending out 11,500 poll cards which mistakenly told residents that they were registered in North Thanet rather than South Thanet constituency.

The council has now sent out revised cards with a letter explaining what had happened and offering an apology.

A statement said: "Thanet District Council is issuing a revised poll card with a letter and has apologised for any inconvenience caused.

"This does not affect residents’ right to vote and the rest of the information contained on the poll card, including the location of their polling station, was all correct.”

The poll cards in question covered the villages surrounding Dover:

• Ash

• Goodnestone

• Preston

• Sandwich North and South

• Staple

• Stourmouth

• Wingham

• Woodnesborough

• Worth