Historic victory as UK voter registration opens to all Britons abroad We explain what has changed, where to register and why it matters to many
New bill presented giving lifetime voting rights to Britons overseas The legal change was a Conservative Party manifesto promise and comes after many years of campaigns for equal voting rights for Britons who move abroad
UK pledges £2.5m to give Britons abroad lifetime vote Veteran campaigner Harry Shindler tells The Connexion that the end of 15-year limit would be a "very nice 100th birthday present"
news Petition to UK minister calls for MPs for Britons abroad The Lib Dems in France are calling for anyone who supports dedicated MPs for Britons abroad to sign a new petition to the British government
Queen's Speech: Votes for life and immigration points Ending the 15-year limit on expatriate voting has again been raised in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech.
How is UK’s 15-year voting rule calculated? When does the UK’s 15-year limit for overseas voting start to run? S.W.
Briton in France stands against PM Boris Johnson ‘I don’t want votes – I want right to vote and no Brexit’
Briton in France stands against Boris Johnson A British man living in Brittany is standing for election in the UK prime minister’s constituency to highlight the problem of millions of Britons abroad excluded from the general election vote.
‘Votes for life’ bill lost as Tory MP keeps on talking A bill to give the vote back to more than a million Britons living overseas long-term has been lost as a Conservative MP spent so long talking that it ran out of discussion time.
Nothing in Queen’s Speech about overseas voters The Queen’s Speech containing the Johnson government’s proposed laws for the parliamentary session ahead has now been set out – and it contains nothing about Britons right to vote while living abroad.
Will votes for Britons abroad be in Queen's Speech? Will the new Queen’s Speech setting out a “very exciting agenda” of new proposed laws for the UK include one scrapping the 15-year rule on voting by Britons living outside the UK?
Rock voters It is iniquitous that Gibraltarians can vote in UK elections but not British people resident in France, because of the arbitrary 15-year rule.
Vote ban: our interest in UK never ends I have seen a number of correspondents ask why we should object to losing the right to vote in the UK. Court date for Brexit vote ban challenge Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed