Petition · past parliament
Allow EU nationals who are UK tax residents to vote in a 2nd EU referendum.
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
British and Commonwealth citizens living in the UK were elegible to vote in the EU Referendum 2016. EU nationals who live and pay taxes in the UK were not eligible. They should be elegible to vote if there is a 2nd EU Referendum.
EU nationals are eligible to vote in local and European elections but were not elegible in the EU Referendum. As residents and contributors to the UK, they should be eligible to vote if there is a 2nd referendum as the result will have an enormous long term impact on their lives and the lives of their children, as it will have on the lives of British and Commonwealth citizens.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 25 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.