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Who is entitled to vote?
Citizens of the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and the countries listed below are eligible to be registered as electors provided other conditions are met. Below is a list of the Commonwealth, British Dependent Territories and European Union countries whose citizens are eligible to be registered. European Union citizens can only vote in local elections or European elections (provided they make a declaration that they will not vote in their home country.

COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES

Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas
Bangladesh Barbados Belize
Botswana Brunei Cameroon
Canada Cyprus (Republic) Dominica
Fiji The Gambia Ghana
Grenada Guyana India
Jamaica Kenya Kiribati
Lesotho Malawi Malaysia
Maldives Malta Mauritius
Mozambique Namibia Nauru
New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan
Papua New Guinea St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles
Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands
South Africa Sri Lanka Swaziland
Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu
Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Vanuatu
Zambia Zimbabwe

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands Gibraltar Hong Kong**
Montserrat Pitcairn Island St Helena dependencies (Ascension Island, Tristan de Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus) Turks and Caicos Islands

** Many Hong Kong citizens already posses British Citizenship and are eligible for registration. However the majority of Hong Kong citizens were previously British Dependent Territory (BDT) citizens until Hong Kong ceased to be a BDT on 1 July 1997. They will now be classed as British Nationals (overseas) or British Overseas citizens - both terms fall within the meaning of Commonwealth citizens as defined by the British Nationality Act 1981 and are eligible for registration.

EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Austria France Luxembourg
Belgium Germany Malta*
Bulgaria Greece The Netherlands
Czech Republic Hungary Poland
Denmark Ireland* Portugal
Cyprus* Italy Romania
Estonia Latvia Slovakia
Finland Lithuania Spain
Sweden

*Irish citizens can vote in all UK elections provided they are registered to vote in the UK. Citizens of Cyprus and Malta can also vote in all UK elections provided they are registered as these countries are also Commonwealth countries.