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Petition · past parliament

Allow all UK residents to vote on referendums and general elections

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

The EU referendum did not include the vote of lots of people that live and pay taxes in the UK for more than 5 years. This referendum has profound effects on all the European people resident in the UK. This is not a democratic system and must be reconsidered.

Why it was rejected

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

Allow tax-paying UK residents to vote in general elections and referendums

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
6 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2016

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