To qualify to register to vote, Commonwealth citizens must be resident in the UK and either have leave to remain in the UK or not require such leave. The definition of a 'Commonwealth citizen' includes citizens of British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories.

Commonwealth Countries Antigua and Barbuda Kenya Samoa Australia Kiribati Seychelles The Bahamas Lesotho Sierra Leone Bangladesh Malawi Singapore Barbados Malaysia Solomon Islands Belize Maldives South Africa Botswana Malta* Sri Lanka Brunei Darussalam Mauritius Swaziland Cameroon Mozambique Tonga Canada Namibia Trinidad & Tobago Cyprus* Nauru Tuvalu Dominica New Zealand Uganda Fiji Islands** Nigeria United Kingdom The Gambia Pakistan United Republic of Tanzania Ghana Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Grenada Rwanda Zambia Guyana St Kitts & Nevis Zimbabwe** India St Lucia Jamaica St Vincent & The Grenadines

British Overseas Territories Anguilla Gibraltar Bermuda Montserrat British Antarctic Territory Pitcairn Island British Indian Ocean St Helena and dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Territory Cunha) British Virgin Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Cayman Islands Sovereign base areas on Cyprus Falkland Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

British Crown Dependencies Isle of Man The Channel Islands (including Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Herm and the other inhabited Channel Islands) .

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*Although also EU member states, citizens of Cyprus and Malta are eligible to be registered to vote in respect of all elections held in the UK.

**Citizens of Fiji and Zimbabwe retain their voting rights despite the countries having been suspended from the Commonwealth.