Written questions

Electoral Register: Commonwealth

Commons · Question 126744 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Commonwealth citizens resident in the United Kingdom with an immigration status allowing them to be a qualifying Commonweal

Answer

Answered by Samantha Dixon, 22 Apr 2026

There are no official statistics on the number of qualifying Commonwealth citizens living in the UK who are eligible to register to vote, either in England or across the United Kingdom. The Office for National Statistics publishes population estimates by ...