Eligible electors

You must be over 16 years old to go onto the Register of Electors and 18 years of age or older to vote.

Countries Eligible to vote in all Elections are British, Irish and Commonwealth countries and British Dependent Territories. We have listed all such countries - please also see below for the list of European Union citizens who may vote in some elections:

• Great Britain (United Kingdom)
• Republic of Ireland

British Dependent territories

• Anguilla
• Montserrat
• Bermuda
• Pitcairn
• British Antarctic Territory
• Henderson
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• St Helena and dependencies
• Cayman Islands
• The sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)
• Ducie and Oeno Islands
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Falkland island and Dependencies
• Virgin islands
• Hong Kong*

* Many Hong Kong citizens already possess British citizenship and are eligible for registration. However, the majority of Hong Kong citizens were previously British Dependent Territory (BDT) citizens until Hong Kong ceased to be a BDT in 1997. They will now be classed as British Nationals (Overseas) or British Overseas citizens – both come with the meaning of "Common wealth citizens" as defined by the British Nationality Act 1981 and are eligible for registration.

Commonwealth countries

• Antigua and Barbuda  
• Mauritius
• Australia  
• Mozambique
• The Bahamas  
• Namibia
• Bangladesh  
• Nauru
• Barbados  
• New Zealand
• Belize  
• Nigeria
• Bostswana  
• Pakistan
• Brunei  
• Papua New Guinea
• Cameroon  
• St Christopher and Nevis
• Canada  
• St Lucia
• Cyprus  
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Dominica  
• Seychelles
• Fiji  
• Sierra Leone
• Gambia  
• Singapore
• Ghana  
• Soloman Islands
• Grenada  
• South Africa
• Guyana  
• Sri Lanka
• India  
• Swaziland
• Jamaica  
• Tanzania
• Kenya  
• Tonga
• Kiribati  
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Lesotho  
• Tuvalu
• Malawi  
• Uganda
• Malaysia  
• Vanuatu
• Maldives  
• Western Samoa
• Malta  
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Citizen of a member of the European Union

You are entitled to vote in Local and European (on receipt of separate application) elections:

• Austria  
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus (citizens of Cyprus can already vote in all elections)  
• Czech Republic  
• Denmark  
• Estonia   
• Finland   
• France  
• Germany  
• Greece  
• Hungary  
• Ireland (can vote in all elections)
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta (citizens of Malta can already vote in all elections)
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia / Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• Spain  
• Sweden