15 year rule

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"

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?