Question follow-through · 118937
Voting Rights: Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing migrants with settled status to vote in general elections and referenda.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing migrants with settled status to vote in general elections and referenda.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government has no plans to change the voting rights of foreign nationals. There are no set rules regarding who can vote in a UK-wide referendum. Instead, the franchise for each referendum is determined on a case-by-case basis by Parliament in the legi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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