Eligible nationalities
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Antigua and Barbuda | Kiribati | Sierra Leone |
Australia | Lesotho | Singapore |
The Bahamas | Malawi | Solomon Islands |
Bangladesh | Malaysia | South Africa |
Barbados | Malta | Sri Lanka |
Belize | Mauritius | Swaziland |
Botswana | Mozambique | The Gambia |
Brunei | Namibia | Tonga |
Cameroon | Nauru | Trinidad and Tobago |
Canada | New Zealand | Tuvalu |
Cyprus | Nigeria | Uganda |
Dominica | Pakistan | United Kingdom |
Fiji Islands | Papua New Guinea | United Republic of Tanzania |
Ghana | Rwanda | Vanuatu |
Grenada | St Christopher and Nevis | Zambia |
Guyana | St Lucia | Zimbabwe British Crown Dependencies: Channel Islands Isle of Man |
India | St Vincent & The Grenadines | |
Jamaica | Samoa | |
Kenya | Seychelles | |
In addition, any previous resident of Hong Kong who holds a British Dependent Territories, British Nationals (Overseas) or British Overseas passport also meets the nationality criteria for all elections in the UK. |
British Overseas Territories
Anguilla | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands |
Bermuda | St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
British Antarctic Territory | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Sovereign Base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus |
Cayman Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Falkland Islands | Virgin Islands |
Gibraltar |
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Montserrat |
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European Union member states
Austria | Germany | Portugal |
Belgium | Greece | Republic of Ireland * |
Bulgaria | Hungary | Romania |
Croatia | Italy | Slovakia |
Cyprus * | Latvia | Slovenia |
Czech Republic | Lithuania | Spain |
Denmark | Luxembourg | Sweden |
Estonia | Malta * | United Kingdom * |
Finland | The Netherlands |
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France | Poland |
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*Citizens of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta are eligible to register to vote in all UK elections.
Last updated: 29 November 2019