Petition · past parliament

Allow all other E.U. nationals to vote in The European Union Referendum

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

All other European Union citizens over 18 who are resident in the UK should vote in The European Union Referendum as the outcome of the European Union referendum will have equal impact on all residents of Great Britain, same as British, Irish and Commonwealth citizen resident in the UK.
The franchise for referendum will is based on that of the general election meaning Irish, Maltese and Cypriots which are EU Nationals and resident in the UK will get a vote, but other EU citizens will not.
Huge concern is that The Government is breaching basic Human Rights of its EU residents by discriminating based on nationality and imposing the rules of general elections without public consent. According to EUROSTAT' figures over 2,3 million EU nationals are residents in the UK.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

7 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
12 Oct 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Oct 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.