BTB was formed in April 2010[1] by business studies teachers David Hughesman and Michael Sani, along with other staff and students, at Wilmington Enterprise College in Dartford.

[3] Whilst still teaching at Wilmington Enterprise College, Sani and Hughesman worked on a government pilot to create games and resources to encourage voter registration.

[4] In April 2012, Bite The Ballot organised the UK's first youth voter registration rally, held at the Ministry of Sound, in collaboration with UpRise, Reprezent Radio, Spirit of London Awards and The Media Trust.

[15] These were live interviews and Q&A sessions with four of the five main party leaders at the time: An online campaign was sparked after Downing Street confirmed that Prime Minister David Cameron, who had originally agreed to take part, would not be attending.

[18] In collaboration with HOPE not hate, Bite The Ballot launched its '#TurnUp' campaign, encouraging young citizen to register and vote in the EU Referendum that took place on 23 June.

The interviews took place over a six-week period in late 2014: Nigel Farage MEP made a series of comments contradicting existing UKIP policy on sex and relationships education during the live debate.

[29] In January 2015, Bite The Ballot received confirmation[30] from 10 Downing Street that David Cameron MP would not be taking part in Leaders Live[31] sparking a campaign calling for the Prime Minister to reconsider.

[18] In 2016 Bite The Ballot partnered with the anti-hate organisation Hope not Hate for their #TurnUp campaign,[33] aiming to inspire 500,000 young people to register to vote and participate in the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.

[34] By the end of the registration period (the initial deadline of 7 June was extended by 48 hours following on from technical faults), more than 1.1 million young people registered to vote during the week-long #TurnUp campaign.

The then-Prime Minister David Cameron backed Bite The Ballot in the days leading up to the referendum registration deadline on 7 June to encourage young people to register to vote.