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Petition · past parliament

EU citizens who live, work, pay tax, on electoral role to vote in/out referendum

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

I have lived for 10 years in the UK, was asked by my employer to move here. I have build a life as it is easy because UK is part of EU. Why do I not have a say in the future of the country that holds big part of my future.

Why it was rejected

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

Give EU citizens living & working in the UK the right to vote in EU Referendum .

Timeline

22 Feb 2016 Petition opened for signatures
25 Feb 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 Feb 2016

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