| Heading: |
Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad |
| Question ID: |
1743664 |
| UIN: |
HL2745 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
276 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Grocott
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Grocott
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many British citizens living overseas for more than 15 years became eligible to vote in the 2024 General Election following a change to the rules under the Elections Act 2022. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4956 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
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| Answering Member handle: |
SharonStevenage
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonStevenage
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| Answer text: |
This data is not held centrally. However, the supporting Impact Assessment to the Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 estimated that around 2.3 million British citizens living overseas were enfranchised by th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |