Elections

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which are the countries whose citizens are entitled to register and vote in elections to the United Kingdom Parliament. [HL3253]

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
The Representation of the People Act 1983 provides that those entitled to register and vote in elections to the United Kingdom Parliament are:

British citizens;
 

citizens of Commonwealth countries who are lawfully resident in the UK; and
 

resident citizens of the Republic of Ireland.