Voting from Abroad Database

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United Kingdom

Year	Election type	Voting method	First year	Comments
2011	Legislative Referendums	Postal Proxy	1918	British citizens abroad voted in a referendum held in 2011
1985	Legislative	Postal Proxy	1918	The Representation of the People Act 1985 extended the franchise to British citizens resident outside the UK and enabled them to register as overseas voters in the constituency for which they were last registered.
1945	Legislative	Postal Proxy	1918	Government reintroducted postal voting again in 1945
1920	Legislative	Proxy	1918	Government decided to abandon the postal voting in 1920
1918	Legislative	Postal Proxy	1918	Voting from abroad was allowed only for servicemen