Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117098

Voting Rights: Commonwealth

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to remove the right to vote from Commonwealth citizens in elections in the United Kingdom.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
The government has no plans to change the existing voting rights of Irish citizens or Commonwealth citizens.