Rejected petition Give all British expatriates votes for life as previously promised

Expatriates currently lose the right to votes 15 years after leaving the UK

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Scrapping the 15-year voting limit for expats, which was first listed in the 2015 Queen’s Speech and was once again a Conservative manifesto pledge in 2017

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201143

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Date submitted 26 January 2018
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