Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 57667
General Election 2024: Absent Voting
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the total number of registered overseas electors at the 2024 general election; and how many
Answer
Sir Jeremy Wright191,338 overseas voters registered for the 2024 general election. Half (49%) of all registered overseas voters registered for a postal vote. The Commission does not collect data on how many overseas voters applied to vote by proxy.