Question follow-through · 117182

Voting Rights: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will remove the right to vote from Irish passport holders in elections in the United Kingdom.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 2 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 4 Mar 2026
Answer: 10 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will remove the right to vote from Irish passport holders in elections in the United Kingdom.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government has no plans to change the existing voting rights of Irish citizens or Commonwealth citizens.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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