A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in parliamentary and local elections.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
12 May 2016
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This Private Members’ Bill would set rules to exclude convicted prisoners from taking part in elections, specifically parliamentary and local elections. It proposes changes to who is eligible to vote for MPs and local councillors when someone is serving a prison sentence.
The bill is at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. As a Private Members’ Bill introduced in 2015, it has not yet progressed to later stages in this session.
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6 Jul 2015
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.
