European Elections

HC Deb 09 December 1983 vol 50 cc261-2W

Mr. John David Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British citizens resident in each of the nine European Community countries would be eligible to vote in the United Kingdom in European elections if the franchise were extended to such persons.

Mr. Mellor

There are about 250,000 British citizens of voting age resident in EC countries. The precise number in EC country who might be entitled to vote in parliamentary and European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom under any extension of the franchise would depend on the scope of such an extension. This is still under consideration.