Category Archives: New Clause 3 Withdrawn

Lord Lexden: Reasons Why Should Remove 15-Year-Limit..

Posted on January 18, 2013 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Lord Lexden set out in full the reasons why all British citizens living overseas should have the right to vote in British elections when the House of Lords debated his amendments to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill on January … Continue reading →

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Lord Lexden Continues to Challenge the 15-Year-limit for Overseas Voters.

Posted on August 1, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The extract below from the 25th July, 2012 House of Lords debate on electoral reform, shows how Lord Lexden in particular continues to take the lead in challenging the 15-year limit for British citizens voting from overseas. You can show your support if you … Continue reading →

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MP’s Letter to Constituent Losing his Right to Vote

Posted on July 29, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Brian Cave is a British expatriate who has diligently registered to vote  via his local UK Election Registration Officer for the past 14 years while resident in France. He has written in protest to his current MP Mark Harper because he will lose … Continue reading →

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Being Disenfranchised Affects One’s Status as a British Citizen!

Posted on July 20, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Responding to our continuing arguments against the current 15-year-limit on the voting rights of British citizens resident overseas, the latest letter from the Elections & Democracy Division of the Cabinet Office again explains (see the extracts below) that in this respect, being … Continue reading →

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British Overseas Still Denied Vote and Yet British Democracy in Terminal Decline!

Posted on July 8, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

British citizens resident overseas wanting to vote are still denied such rights after 15 years abroad and yet British democracy is in terminal decline, as Corporate power,  unrepresentative politicians and apathetic voters leave the UK ‘increasingly unstable’, says study. Surely this … Continue reading →

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Two Overseas Voting Issues for Lords.

Posted on July 1, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The Electoral Registration & Administration Bill passed through the Commons last week, with the next step scrutiny of the wording and debate in the House of Lords. This could well be as early as next week. In addressing the case of British overseas … Continue reading →

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New Clause 3 for Overseas Voting Rights withdrawn!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The New Clause 3 brought up and read a second time before being subsequently withdrawn by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con), during the 27th June Commons debate on the Electoral Registration & Administration Bill, would have removed the 15 year qualifying period … Continue reading →

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