Across the whole of the UK, to vote in an election for the UK Parliament someone must: be registered to vote in the constituency, be of voting age - 18 years old on polling day, be either a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, and not be subject to any legal incapacity.
Prisoners serving a sentence for a conviction cannot vote in UK parliamentary elections, and neither can peers in the House of Lords. The eligibility of Irish and Commonwealth citizens to vote in UK elections comes from the historic links between the UK and Ireland and between the UK and countries of the former British Empire.
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