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

 

Montserrat

 

 

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

 

France

Poland

 

*Citizens of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta are eligible to register to vote in all UK elections.

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Last updated: 29 November 2019