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A new agreement between the UK and Denmark allows citizens to stand and vote in each other’s countries. On Thursday, February 8, a landmark treaty was agreed between the United Kingdom and Denmark.

Has the British government shot itself in the foot by giving voting rights to citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years?

The United Kingdom and Denmark have signed a treaty that will allow all British and Danish citizens to stand and vote in local elections in each other’s countries.

The 15-year limit on voting rights has been abolished. British citizens around the world can register to vote online, no matter how long they have been abroad. The year 2024 is going to prove to be an important year for the world. This year, presidential or parliamentary elections will be held in many countries including

More than three million British citizens living abroad will regain their right to vote in all elections across the United Kingdom starting Tuesday (Jan 16), marking the end of an arbitrary 15-year limit on voting rights.  ‘Voting is a basic right’ The end to the so-called 15-year limit also brings an end to an almost 20-year court battle by the late Harry Shindler, who challenged the rule in the high court in 2016.

Many more Britons can now vote in the next general election, the date of which has yet to be decided by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Expats living out of UK for more than 15 years welcome the right to vote

A little-noticed change to the law could also swell the Conservative coffers with overseas donations

The 15-year limit on voting rights for British citizens living abroad is to be removed following a landmark change to voting law in the United Kingdom. Here’s what Brits living in Norway (or elsewhere) need

(By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London) In a new development, British citizens living outside the United Kingdom, including Sri Lankan nationals holding British citizenship, are now entitled to participate in UK general elections. This significant change comes as a result of a recently enacted law effective from last week, eliminating the previous 15-year time bar […]

Is the Conservative Party wise to hire a coordinator to drum up support from British citizens living overseas?

Earlier this month, new rules came into effect that gave British citizens living abroad the right to 'votes for life'.

Labour and Liberal Democrats expected to reap benefit from franchise rule changes and frustration over visa restrictions

ALL British citizens, even if they live in the overseas territories, should have a right to vote in UK general elections, Gibraltar’s Chief Minister has

Britain's electoral commission asked the government on Wednesday to extend the deadline for voter registration in the EU referendum after the failure of a government website shortly before a midnight deadline stopped some people from applying to vote.

Theories the Conservatives may face their comeuppance for Brexit forget a key detail.

The scale of Starmer’s task is laid bare in a Bloomberg analysis of Britain’s new electoral map

"The fact that they're no longer in the country means that many of them don't seem to be that interested"Despite research suggesting the Labour Party will be...

In 2019, according to UN data, 1.3 million people born in the UK lived in EU countries. Read this fact to find out more.

THE Tories may come to regret re-enfranchising 2.3 million British expats living abroad after experts predicted they would vote against Rishi Sunak’s

New research shows that Labour, who opposed the rule change, will gain voters from the policy

Campaigners call UK citizens living overseas to get on the electoral register after voting rights were reinstated

Theories the Conservatives may face their comeuppance for Brexit forget a key detail.

The UK Government has published detailed regulations that will allow millions of British citizens living abroad for more than 15 years to vote in the next general election, as required by the Elections Act passed in April 2022.

Letter: The Liberal Democrat party has fully supported all British citizens abroad getting the vote back in both their 2017 and 2019 manifestos, writes George Cunningham

Exclusive: Role is to boost turnout in key seats as extra 2.2 million overseas voters become eligible to take part by proxy

A job description for an 'overseas voter registration coordinator' has been posted by party HQ to mobilise voters living abroad.

Just a week after winning back the right to vote, Britons around the world have rushed to register