§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make an estimate of the number of 900W citizens of the Republic of Ireland who, being resident in the United Kingdom, are registered as electors on the current electoral register.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggOn the basis of the numbers of persons who reported that they were citizens of the Irish Republic in the most recent labour force survey, it is estimated that nearly half a million citizens of the Irish Republic aged 18 and over were usually resident in the United Kingdom in mid-1984. It is not known how many of them were on the electoral register; there is no requirement for applicants for electoral registration to state their citizenship—nationality.
§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the Commonwealth and other countries whose citizens if resident in the United Kingdom are entitled to register as electors; and if he will indicate those countries on the list who allow British citizens who are residents to register as electors in those countries.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggCitizens of all Commonwealth countries and citizens of the Irish Republic are entitled to 901W register as electors in the United Kingdom. As at September 1982, the latest date for which information is readily available, the Commonwealth countries listed allowed all other Commonwealth citizens, including those who are now British citizens, to vote at their elections. In addition, British citizens may vote at elections in the Irish Republic.
Commonwealth countries which gave the right of vote to all Commonwealth citizens (Information as at September 1982)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Barbados
- Canada
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Mauritius
- New Zealand
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent
- Sierra Leone
- Trinidad and Tobago.