Government to honour pledge to give Votes for Life by next General Election

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Minister for the Constitution, Chris Skidmore, MP, on 24 October 2016 stated: 'If you were born in the UK, or have been a citizen living in the UK, then by the next general election, you will have an inalienable right to decide your country’s future'

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/manifesto2015/ConservativeManifesto2015.pdf
See Page 49, paragraph headed: ‘We will protect our electoral system, to safeguard our democracy’
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone-chris-skidmore-speech
Speech by Constitution Minister, Chris Skidmore, MP, on 24 October 2016, see paragraph 13 starting ‘Recently, I restated ….’

Why it was rejected

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

Enable voting rights for British expats for the General Election on 8 June 2017

Timeline

18 Apr 2017	Petition opened for signatures
25 Apr 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Apr 2017

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