• Tyne and Wear Archives User Guide 17, Voting Records
• The Northumberland Poll Book of 1826 - Published on CD by S & N Genealogy Supplies. This publication is searchable and gives the full name of the voter, their area of residence, freehold property and the way they voted. (Please note that the Northumberland Poll Book does not include the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne and that only the property-owning classes were entitled to vote).

In the UK these are referred to as Electoral Registers or Electoral Rolls. In earlier times they are often known as Poll Books.

• The electoralregisters.org.uk site offers ... information about the electoral registers, electoral rolls, poll books from 1700 to the present day, how to access the registers online, how to make the most from your searches, what is available and not available, and much, much, more.
• For some of the legal background, this legal volume about The Representation of the People Act, 1918 may prove useful - https://archive.org/details/representationof00frasrich?view=theater

• British Library holds copies of all past and present Electoral Registers for view by personal visit. Their online guide provides details of what is available, both from them and from companies offering paid-for online access. 
• Lists of Names: Pollbooks and Electoral Registers (archived copy), by Stuart A. Raymond.
• Electoral Registers - "information about the electoral registers, electoral rolls, poll books from 1700 to the present day, how to access the registers online, . . ."