You can vote in three ways:

• At a polling station.

• By post.

• Voting by proxy/Asking someone else to vote for you.

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Who allowed to vote:

• Be registered to vote.

• Be 18 years old or over on the day of the election. (For most elections in the United Kingdom.)

• Be a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen.

• Be resident at an address in the UK.

• Be a British citizen living aboard who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years. (Only for general elections and referendums.)

• Not be legally excluded from voting.

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*Some elections in the UK have different rules then the overall rules for any elections in the UK.