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Electoral Register: Nationality

Commons · Question 99364 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 22 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy for either (a) his Department or (b) the Electoral Commission to centrally collect nationality data for registered electors.

Answer

Answered by Samantha Dixon, 22 Dec 2025

The Department does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in UK local elections. Electoral registers are managed at a local level by Electoral Registration Officers. The Electoral Commission already has access to information ...