Which nationalities have the right to vote in UK general elections?
Over 1.5 million foreign nationals can vote in this election but many more can not.
Ahead of tommorow’s deadline to register to vote, we are publishing a list of some of the nationalities who can vote in this election – along with the size of some of these populations in the UK.
The Labour Party have pledged to give voting rights to everyone living in the UK but, at the moment, only citizens from Ireland and the following Commonwealth countries are allowed to help decide who rules the country they live in.
According to the latest data, there are over 1.5 million people from the following nationalities living in the UK. There are more nationalities able to vote – they can be seen on the full list.
- India – 355,000 people
- Ireland – 331,000
- Pakistan – 194,000
- Nigeria – 94,000
- South Africa – 86,000
- Bangladesh – 83,000
- Australia – 80,000
- Sri Lanka – 49,000
- Zimbabwe – 48,000
- Ghana – 47,000
- Nepal – 46,000
- Canada – 43,000
- New Zealand – 40,000
- Jamaica – 34,000
- Malaysia – 34,000
- Kenya – 16,000
Other countries on the full list include the Bahamas, Botswana, Malta, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda.
Aside from Ireland, Malta and Cyprus – EU citizens can not vote in general elections.
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