Petition · past parliament
Justice for EU nationals with settled status.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Many EU nationals resident in the UK could not vote in the 2016 referendum, or in UK General Elections. This is clearly against all notions of fairness and justice. If people have settled status, that should be sufficient to allow them full voting rights.
My own Swedish wife has been here in the UK continuously for 37 years, far longer than she spent in Sweden. She has worked and paid taxes here over a long period but has not been able to vote in any GE and was denied a vote in the 2016 referendum. This is clearly unfair, unjust, and an abuse of her rights to representation, along with those of many others in a similar situation. This petition seeks to provide a remedy, and to remove that clear injustice.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 3 Oct 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Oct 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Oct 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.