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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

Britons living abroad regain right to vote in UK elections as 15-year rule ends

Harry Shindler
Harry Shindler challenged the limit on voting rights for Britons living abroad in the high court in 2016 and in the European court of justice in 2018. Photograph: British Embassy Rome/Flickr

An estimated 3 million Britons living abroad for more than 15 years will regain their right to vote in parliamentary elections in the UK from Tuesday, ending 20 years of broken promises by successive UK governments.

The end of the so-called 15-year rule means millions more could be enfranchised in time for the next general election, the date of which has yet to be decided by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

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