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End the 15 year rule for overseas voters

Submitted on Saturday 8th June 2019

Rejected on Friday 28th June 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

End the 15 year rule for overseas voters

Petition Details

British citizens living overseas are currently entitled to be registered to vote in UK Parliamentary elections for up to 15 years in the constituency they were registered in before leaving the UK.

Additional Information

The Conservative Government stated that it is committed to ending the 15-year limit and introduce 'votes for life' but to date has not implemented legislation to end the 15 year rule for overseas voters and enable British Citizens living and working overseas to vote in UK general elections and referendums in the UK. This must be dealt with sooner than later.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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