Voting Rights: Republic of Ireland
(asked on 2nd March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will remove the right to vote from Irish passport holders in elections in the United Kingdom.
Answered by
Samantha Dixon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 10th March 2026
The government has no plans to change the existing voting rights of Irish citizens or Commonwealth citizens.