Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 26185

Undocumented Migrants: Voting Rights

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that people entering the UK illegally can never vote in elections.

Answer

Rushanara Ali
Only those foreign nationals who are eligible to vote and who have leave to enter or remain, or who do not require such leave, are entitled to register and vote in elections over which the UK Government and Parliament have responsibility.