4. Who is eligible to vote?

  • Anybody eighteen years or over.
  • All British, Commonwealth, Irish and other European Union citizens. (Click here for a full list of commonwealth countries, member states etc. The list has been provided by the Electoral Commission)
  • Overseas electors.
  • Members of HM Forces and their spouses.
  • Crown servants employed outside the United Kingdom.
  • European citizens are allowed to vote in European and Local Elections only.
  • Overseas Electors are allowed to vote in Parliamentary and European Elections only.