I was too young to register to vote
before I left the UK – am I eligible
to register to vote?
What methods of voting in UK
elections are available to overseas
voters?
If you were too young to register
when you left the UK, you can still
register as an overseas voter. You can
do this if your parent or guardian was
registered to vote in the UK, as long
as you left the UK no more than 15
years ago.
Overseas voters can apply to vote by
post or proxy (someone voting on
your behalf).
The 15-year period will begin for you
from the date you left the UK.
My parents are from the UK but I
was born overseas – am I eligible
to register to vote?
It does not matter where a British citizen was born. If you were a resident
at an address in the UK at some point
within the past 15 years and your
parent or guardian was registered to
vote at that address, you can register
to vote as an overseas voter.
I am an employee of a British organisation overseas, how can I register to vote?
British citizens who are employees of
British organisations overseas (other
than HM Forces, the British Council
or as a Crown Servant) can register to
vote as an overseas voter. Please refer
to ‘Can British citizens living abroad
vote in UK elections?’ for more information.
Overseas voters who are on any of the
electoral registers in Northern Ireland
must either appoint a proxy to vote
on your behalf, or vote in person if
you will be in the UK at the time of
the poll, as you cannot vote by post.
Voting by post
You need to make sure you have time
to apply to vote by post, receive and
then return your ballot papers by polling day. If you don’t think you can
return them in time, you may want to
consider voting by proxy.
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