Eligibility to vote

You must be over 18 years old to vote. However, you can still register to vote in elections if you are 16 or 17.

To register, you must be:

• a resident of the borough, and
• a citizen of the UK, Ireland, a Commonwealth country, or another European Union state.

For more information see the list of eligible countries below.

Eligible citizens

Only citizens from the countries listed below are allowed by law to be included on the electoral register.

British Dependent Territories

Anguilla
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands and dependencies
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
St. Helena and Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Other Commonwealth countries

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji
The Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong - At the 'handover' to China, some Hong Kong residents became British Citizens or British Nationals (overseas) and can register to vote. Those who became citizens of the Peoples Republic of China cannot register.
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
Zimbabwe

European Union countries

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
The Netherlands (Holland)
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden