Allow full voting rights for all UK citizens living overseas

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Under current UK law, after spending 15 years overseas British citizens lose their right to vote in elections and referendums and are effectively disenfranchised. I call on the government to keep its promise and respect the fundamental right of ALL UK citizens to have a vote in the next election.

Chris Skidmore: "Being British is about so much more than simply being resident in the UK.

"It doesn’t matter where they live, British citizens are still a part of British society, retaining strong cultural and social ties with their families at home and helping to build businesses abroad. The decisions that are made on British shores impact our citizens around the world and indeed many plan to return to live here in the future"
- Chris Skidmore MP, Constitution Minister

Why it was rejected

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

Allow citizens abroad to register as voters, regardless of registration history.

Timeline

26 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
31 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Jul 2019

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