Early day motion · EDM 953 · 3 Nov 2010

PRISONERS AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE

Tabled by Mr Brian Binley (Conservative) 67 signatures

The motion

That this House believes that if a crime is serious enough to warrant a term of imprisonment, then the perpetrator must forgo certain civil liberties, including the right to suffrage; and recognises that the right to vote does not aid the rehabilitation of a prisoner and is a privilege that should be exclusively reserved for law-abiding citizens.

Source: the official Early Day Motions database.