| Heading: |
Voting Rights |
| Question ID: |
1743249 |
| UIN: |
15367 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5125 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sorcha Eastwood
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| Asking Member handle: |
SorchaEastwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SorchaEastwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing residence-based voting rights in Northern Ireland. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
413 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Hilary Benn
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| Answering Member handle: |
hilarybennmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@hilarybennmp
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government has no plans to revise the franchise for any elections based on residency. The right to vote at Parliamentary elections is consistent across the UK and it is important that all MPs are elected on a consistent franchise.In order to register ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
21 |
| Answering body name: |
Northern Ireland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |