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Voting Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing residence-based voting rights in Northern Ireland.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Tabled: 20 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 25 Nov 2024
Answer: 28 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing residence-based voting rights in Northern Ireland.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government has no plans to revise the franchise for any elections based on residency. The right to vote at Parliamentary elections is consistent across the UK and it is important that all MPs are elected on a consistent franchise.In order to register ...

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