Give the vote back to UK Nationals who have lived away from UK for 15+ years

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We ask the present government to honour their manifesto pledge and give the vote back to UK nationals who have been denied a vote previously owing to having lived abroad for 15 years or more. As Brexit progresses we will have no vote anywhere.

Many of us who currently live in the EU will lose our votes in local and EU elections after Brexit and will consequently have no representation in either the UK parliament, the EU parliament or local elections in Europe. We will be disenfranchised on all fronts and there will be nobody who represents us.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Government has said that it does have plans to change this rule. It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take that is different from what it is already doing.

You can find more information in the Government's response to this petition:
Extend Eu referendum voting rights to all UK citizens living abroad.

If you would like the Government to ensure that the law is changed by the time the UK leaves the EU, you could start a new petition asking for that.

Timeline

2 Apr 2017	Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Apr 2017

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