Q & A

With the Elections Act 2022, the 15 year limit was removed and a new previous UK residency qualification introduced. Now all British Citizens who have previously lived in the UK can vote - you do not have to have been previously registered.

The registration process will be the same as now with online registration at [https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote]. If the registration office can find enough details to satisfy them of eligibility, applicants will not need to provide further information.  This is usually a current or last expired passport number, last address of registration and your NI number.

If they ask for additional evidence, one of the following pieces of documentation, with the applicant’s current or previous name and the UK address, will be required:

• UK driving license (including expired)

• Instrument of a court appointment, such as a grant of probate or letters of administration

• Council tax demand letter or statement;

• Rent book issued by a local authority;

• Statement of benefits or entitlement to benefits, such as a statement of child benefit or letter from DWP
  
  

• Letter from

  • 1. HMRC

    2. The Office of the Public Guardian confirming the registration of a lasting power of attorney;

    3. A school, college, university or other educational institution which confirms the attendance of, or the offer of a place for, the applicant at that institution;

    4. The Student Loans Company;

    5. An insurance provider
       
       

• Official copy of the land register entry for the relevant address or other proof of title for the relevant address;

• Solicitor’s letter confirming the purchase of, or confirmation of the land registry registration of, the relevant address;

• P45 or P60

• Bank or building society passbook or statement, or a letter from a bank or building society confirming that the applicant has opened an account with that bank or building society;

• Credit card statement

• Utility or mobile telephone bill;

If none of the above can be provided, there will be an attestation process where a UK voter who’s not a close relative can make a declaration on behalf of the applicant.

No.

Voting eligibility in the UK isn’t affected by dual citizenship. 

Any British citizen who has lived in the UK, even if only when a child, will have the right to vote. 

If you were previously registered, at the last registered address. If you were not previously registered - the constituency is based on the address at which you were resident on the last day before leaving the UK, or were not resident but could have made a claim of local connection under the 1983 Elections Act on that day.

See the:
[ Electoral Commission page on details of eligibility for a local connection claim]

No, they are only eligible to vote based on the rule above. 

Your constituency is based on your previous address, so you are eligible to vote in the current constituency in which the property is now located. 

See the current HMRC Tax Manual - but please consult a relevant tax professional.