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Qualifying countries

Qualifying Commonwealth citizens are Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK who are entitled to register to vote provided that they also fulfil the age requirement for registration and are not subject to any other legal incapacity.

Commonwealth countries

Antigua and Barbuda Jamaica St Lucia
Australia Kenya St Vincent and the Grenadines
The Bahamas Kiribati Samoa
Bangladesh Lesotho Seychelles
Barbados Malawi Sierra Leone
Belize Malaysia Singapore
Botswana Maldives Solomon Islands
Brunei Darussalam Malta South Africa
Cameroon Mauritius Sri Lanka
Canada Mozambique Swaziland
Cyprus Namibia United Republic of Tanzania
Dominica Nauru Tonga
Fiji Islands New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago
The Gambia Nigeria Tuvalu
Ghana Pakistan Uganda
Grenada Papua New Guinea Vanuatu
Guyana Rwanda Zambia
India St Kitts and Nevis Zimbabwe

British Overseas Territories

Anguilla Cayman Islands St Helena
Bermuda Falkland Islands St Helena dependencies (Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha)
British Antarctic Territory Gibraltar South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
British Indian Ocean Territory Montserrat Turks and Caicos Islands
British Virgin Islands Pitcairn Island  

European Member states

Austria Finland Latvia Romania
Belgium France Lithuania Slovakia
Bulgaria Germany Luxembourg Slovenia
Cyprus Greece Malta Spain
Czech Republic Hungary Netherlands Sweden
Denmark Italy Poland  
Estonia Ireland Portugal

 

For more information contact Electoral Services by telephone: 01634 332030 / Fax 01634 332416 or by email: electoralservices@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Electoral Services, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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