One million migrants from outside the EU will be entitled to vote in May’s local and national elections, it has emerged.
The migrants from Commonwealth countries, dependent territories and the Republic of Ireland – none of whom are citizens here – have gained voting rights from a law passed in 1918.
If they are resident at a UK address, they can play a key role in deciding who wins council seats in England, as well as control of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.
Few of their countries, however, offer British migrants the same rights – only the Republic of Ireland and several countries in the West Indies.




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