Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the electors in Gibraltar can vote in (1) elections to the House of Commons, and (2) elections to the European Parliament; and, for the forthcoming European Union referendum, whether these electors will be registered for the first time for a United Kingdom national election.

Residence in Gibraltar does not entitle a person to vote in elections to the UK House of Commons. However, a British citizen resident overseas, including in Gibraltar, is entitled to vote in UK Parliamentary elections if they were previously resident and registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years.

EU citizens resident in Gibraltar, and qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident in Gibraltar, are entitled to vote in European Parliamentary elections as part of the combined South West England and Gibraltar region.

The EU Referendum Bill introduced to Parliament on 28 May 2015 makes provision for Commonwealth (including British) citizens to be entitled to vote in the forthcoming EU referendum if they are entitled to vote in Gibraltar at a European Parliamentary election. This replicates the franchise for referendums under the European Union Act 2011.