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UK General Election 2024 - Register today!
We probably don’t need to tell you that the UK General Election date was announced yesterday and will take place on 4 July 2024. So you can finally make your voices heard.Some of you will already...
Voting FAQs - updated
Many of you have given us positive feedback on the FAQs that we put up at the end of 2023 and which we are regularly updating.We went back to the Electoral Commission with some of the key issues...
Getting our Votes back...three weeks on
“We registered the first day and since receiving confirmation have registered a proxy vote. So easy to do.”Three weeks have passed since UK citizens living abroad for more than 15 years got their...
Getting our votes back – one week on...
“After being disenfranchised for so many years, I have literally, literally, just re-registered to vote. What a feeling! It’s so significant, it’s hard to put into words what this means to me.”(An...
Press Release: Get Ready to Vote!
Key points2 mn Brits living abroad regain right to vote in UK electionsOther democracies that allow votes for life include the USA, France, Italy and CanadaBritish in Europe partnering with...
BiE Seasonal Greetings: Getting ready to vote blog #2: FAQs
To register to vote in the UK, click HERE.British citizens living overseas have been given a big Christmas present this month with the news that we will be able to re-register to vote again in UK...
BiE Seasonal Greetings: Getting ready to vote blog #1
As you all know, there is a UK general election due in the next 14 months. Nobody knows when it will be but the smart money is on 2 May or sometime in October 2024, unless there’s a snap election...
British in Europe submission on overseas voting to the House of Lords
As we reported on 25 October, there was great news on overseas voting rights as the draft Overseas Electors Regulations were laid before both houses of Parliament on 23 October. The draft SI...
Great news on voting rights for UK citizens living overseas!
As those of you who have been following our previous voting rights updates (including on the legislative timetable) will know, the UK government repealed the so-called 15-year rule in the...
Voting rights update
British in Europe has been engaging since December 2022 with civil servants in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), and also Baroness Scott, the minister responsible...
Voting Rights - Our Survey Results
As we explain on our voting rights pages whilst the Elections Act 2022 repealed the so-called 15-year rule and restored voting rights to all UK citizens, secondary legislation is needed to...
Voting Rights Update
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in our survey on the voting experiences of UK citizens overseas. The survey closed on 4 March 2023. We received over 7100 completed replies (not bad for a...
Voting Rights: Update at the end of Phase 1
Please read the project outline for the project outline, team, financials and work phases.WHY DOES THIS PROJECT MATTER?“I was denied a vote in the most important referendum that has been held...
Reclaiming Our Vote
Reclaiming our votes: British in Europe starts work on the final steps to restoring voting rights for disenfranchised UK citizens overseas.Currently, an estimated 3.4 million UK citizens living...