Throughout his time in the Lords Alistair Lexden has advocated the extension of voting rights in Westminster elections to all British citizens living abroad and the abolition of the current 15-year limit on them.
He returned to the issue at question time in the Lords on July 6 following the Conservative Party’s pledge at the general election to introduce votes for life. The government reiterated its commitment but disappointingly did not indicate that it would be implemented swiftly.
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