Rejected petition Legislate for Votes for Life

UK Citizens living elsewhere in the European Union lose their right to vote in UK Elections and Referendums after 15 years away. Many still pay taxes in the UK, and rely on UK State Pensions. Votes for Life has been promised but not delivered. We seek legislation now.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure whether you would like the Government to extend the right to vote to all UK citizens living abroad, or only those who live in the EU.

You may like to sign this petition instead:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200005

Otherwise, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 12 September 2017
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.