To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when citizens of The Gambia resident in the UK with leave to remain will be permitted to register as UK electors following that country re-joining the Commonwealth on 8 February 2018.
Answered on
11 July 2018
Commonwealth citizens legally resident in the UK have full voting rights. In British nationality law, a Commonwealth citizen is a person who is either a British national or a national of a country listed in Schedule 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981. The British Nationality (The Gambia) Order 2018 has now come into force and amends Schedule 3 to reflect The Gambia rejoining the Commonwealth. Citizens of The Gambia can now register to vote in the UK.
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Cabinet Office