PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
UK Membership of the EU: Referendums (27 May 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK citizens living overseas will be eligible to vote in the planned referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU.
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Answer
The franchise for the EU referendum is based on the UK Parliamentary franchise with the addition of Members of the House of Lords and Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar. This includes those who are 18 or over on the day of the poll and who are either British citizens resident in the UK; qualifying Commonwealth and Irish citizens who are resident in the UK; and British citizens who have lived overseas for fewer than 15 years and were registered to vote before they left the UK.
Answered by:
Sir David Lidington (Conservative)
2 June 2015
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