HC Deb 10 February 1978 vol 943 cc714-5W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the arrangements to prevent foreigners illegally residing in the United Kingdom from voting in parliamentary and local government elections, and if he will describe these arrangements.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Yes. A person may not vote in parliamentary or local government elections unless his name is included in the register of electors. Only British subjects and citizens of the Irish Republic resident in the United Kingdom may be registered, and the electoral registration officer may require a person to produce a birth certificate or certificate of naturalisation or similar documentary evidence before entering his name on the register.

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