A Bill to make provision to facilitate an increase in the registration of voters resident overseas who are eligible to participate in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections; to extend the criteria for eligibility to register as an overseas voter and to enable those registered as overseas voters to cast their votes through use of the internet; and for connected purposes.
This Overseas Voters Bill aims to make it easier for UK citizens living abroad to register to vote in UK Parliament elections and to broaden who can register as overseas voters. It also proposes that overseas voters may cast their ballots online. In short, it seeks to boost overseas participation in UK elections through extended eligibility and digital voting.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons, placing it in the early stages of passage through Parliament.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill is a Private Member’s Bill and was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
A motion for the bill’s second reading was moved on 23 January 2015, but was withdrawn at the end of the debate.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
