European Union (EU) Citizens’ voting and candidacy rights
EU citizens are no longer automatically entitled to register to vote and stand for election.
Two groups of EU citizens will retain their rights:
- 'Qualifying EU citizens' from countries with reciprocal agreements, and who have leave, or do not require it, to remain in the UK - currently Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Denmark
- 'EU citizens with retained rights' who were residents in the UK before 1 January 2021 - i.e. before the UK left the EU