A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in parliamentary and local elections.
This Bill would set out rules for excluding convicted prisoners from voting in parliamentary and local elections. It outlines how and when prisoners can be barred from casting a ballot. The Bill is a Private Members’ Bill introduced by Sir Christopher Chope and is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons.
The bill is at its second reading in the Commons. It still needs to go through committee and further readings in both Houses before becoming law.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 6 July 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
