This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Allow expatriot British Citizens to vote on international issues (eg Brexit).
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British Citizens living abroad who have lost their right to vote in the UK (after 15y) should be entitled to vote on issues that directly affect them. Hundreds of thousands of British Citizens, many in other EU countries, had no say in the recent referendum, but are most directly affected.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The Government has said that it does have plans to change this rule. It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take that is different from what it is already doing.
You can find more information in the Government's response to this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.