Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 18055

Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given to local authorities on the provision of overseas electors data to political partie

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
The Electoral Commission’s guidance to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) sets out how overseas voters should be listed on the electoral register in England, Scotland and Wales.Overseas voters should be listed as other voters at the end of each releva...

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