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Get ready to vote in the mayoral and local elections on Thursday 2 May

Nationalities eligible to vote in the UK

List of Commonwealth countries, British Overseas Territories, British Crown Dependencies and EU member states - Nationalities eligible to vote in the UK.

UK Citizens

Commonwealth countries

(Eligible to vote in all elections)

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

British Overseas Territories

  • Anguilla
  • Bermuda
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Falkland Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Montserrat
  • Pitcairn Island
  • St Helena and dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Sovereign base areas Cyprus (Akrotiri, Dhekelia)
  • Turks and Caicos Islands

British Crown Dependencies

  • Channel Islands
  • Isle Of Man

Hong Kong

Only former residents of Hong Kong who hold a British Dependent Territories, British Nationals (Overseas) or British Overseas passport qualify for registration.

European Union member states

(Only eligible to vote in Local Elections; *except Cyprus, Malta and Republic of Ireland nationals who can vote in all elections)

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus*
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark (Danish)
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta*
  • The Netherlands (Dutch)
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Republic Of Ireland*
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden

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