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<p>Figures on the number of individual electors and their characteristics are not
held centrally. Such data are held by individual Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).</p><p>In
line with its statutory duty, the Electoral Commission have published a report into
the administration of the European Parliamentary Election earlier this year. As part
of this publication, the Electoral Commission included figures on the number of citizens
of other EU Member States on the electoral registers as of 23 May 2019.</p><p>The
report is available here; the relevant section is entitled "Impact on EU citizens:
How many EU citizens were included in the register":</p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/european-parliamentary-elections/inquiry-report-voting-registration-process-eu-citizens-resident-uk-2019-european-parliamentary"
target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/european-parliamentary-elections/inquiry-report-voting-registration-process-eu-citizens-resident-uk-2019-european-parliamentary</a></p><p>Data
on EU nationals by Local Authority are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/EPE2019-%20Electoral%20Data-Website.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/EPE2019-%20Electoral%20Data-Website.xlsx</a></p><p>EU
citizens cannot vote in Parliamentary general elections. Citizenship restrictions
are the norm for participation in national elections in the EU. There is no requirement
in EU law to permit non-national EU citizens to vote in national elections and, so
far as we are aware, no other EU Member State (other than Ireland) does so.</p>
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