This note examines the supply and sale of the full and open versions of the electoral register.
The Armed Forces can register to vote as ordinary electors, as overseas voters, or as service voters. There has been concern about the under-registration of the Armed Forces, especially those serving overseas, and the difficulties they face in participating in the electoral process more generally.The Note also gives a brief history of how the system of voting by members of the Armed Forces has changed, particularly during the periods directly after each World War.
British citizens living overseas are currently entitled to be registered to vote in UK Parliamentary elections for up to 15 years in the constituency they were registered in before leaving the UK. The Government has committed to end the 15-year limit and introduce 'votes for life'. This Briefing Paper provides details of the provisions relating to overseas voters in the Representation of the People Act 1985 and the proposals for change. It also summarises earlier attempts to change the 15 year rule.
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Research Briefing
Under current legislation, a person must be 18 or over to vote in elections to the UK Parliament. This Note gives details of calls for a change in the law to reduce the voting age to 16 in recent years.
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Insight
Does your demographic background affect how you vote?
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Almost 23 million people have started or signed a petition on Parliament’s petitions website.
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Where are the 'student seats', what were the results there, and how did this compare to other 'young seats'?
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General election results are counted and declared at constituency level, while local and European Parliament election results are counted and declared at local council area level.
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How did the number of votes cast for each party relate to the number of seats they won in the 2019 General Election?
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Which constituencies produced the narrowest or widest victory margins in the 2019 election?
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The timetable is 25 working-days and sets out key dates .
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Research Briefing
It has been predicted that Brexit issues will give rise to many legal actions in UK and other Member States' courts, and the Court of Justice of the EU. While there have not yet been a great many, several cases have been brought by UK citizens living in other EU Member States, while other cases have been interesting for their implications for the UK's future relations with the EU. This paper looks at issues that have been the subject of legal action in UK and EU courts.
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Requiring voters to show ID aims to prevent ‘personation’.
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The Government states that requiring voters to show some form of ID will reduce the risk of voter fraud and improve the integrity of the electoral process.
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