Written question asked by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 June 2025. It was answered by Jeremy Wright (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 on behalf of the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
General Election 2024: Absent Voting
- Question
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the total number of registered overseas electors at the 2024 general election; and how many applied for a postal or proxy vote.
- Answer
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191,338 overseas voters registered for the 2024 general election. Half (49%) of all registered overseas voters registered for a postal vote. The Commission does not collect data on how many overseas voters applied to vote by proxy.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 57667
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Absent voting British nationals abroad General Election 2024
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-09-05 23:06:13 +0100
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