Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Commonwealth countries (a) grant and (b) do not grant resident British citizens the right to vote in general elections in those countries. [170040]

Mr Swire: British citizens are eligible to vote in national elections in:

Dominica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and Grenadines (after residing there for one year);

Barbados (after residing there for three years);

Antigua and Barbuda, Malawi (after they have been resident for seven years);

Trinidad and Tobago (after they have permanent residential status).

British citizens cannot vote in national elections in:

Australia, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, the Gambia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia.

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