Genealogy Chat

Thanks Potty- I just found it on the net and was going to print it.
That puts a different slant on my research now.

Thanks everyone- jl

Jonesey is right:

Who is eligible to vote at a UK general election?
To vote in a UK general election a person must be registered to vote and also:

be 18 years of age or over on polling day
be resident in the UK
be a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland
not be subject to any legal incapacity to vote

from this site:

www.electoralcommission.org.uk/

Thanks for that Jonesey, the person in question was resident for approx 4 years then disappeared-jl

edit- no she wasn't married

I may be wrong but I think that citizens of the Republic of Ireland (Southern Ireland) would have been entitled to vote in England in 1930 if they were permanent residents there. If old enough (Over 21) to vote in the late 1930's even if born in Ireland they would have been born British.

If the person was female and married to a British citizen then she would become a British citizen by marriage. Under those circumstances she would definitely have British voting rights.

That was what I was thinking but I just had doubts as I found this person on the electoral rolls in England which means then that she couldn't have been born in Southern Ireland. Hey ho...back to the drawing board.....thanks for the reply-jl

Can anyone confirm for me that if an ancestor was born in Southern Ireland and came to live in England,would they be entitled to vote in the late 1930s or would only Northern Ireland residents.?-jl