Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post

Out of interest, are you entitled to vote in the Netherlands or the UK?
Short story long

Left the UK in '84, disenfranchised in '99 having lived abroad 15 years.

I wasn't allowed to vote in NL until "B" happened as I wasn't a Dutch citizen. Following "B", travelling with the family looked like being crap as we'd have to join differing queues at passport control. As I'd lived here for more than 15 years, was married to a Dutch woman , had children born here AND a clean criminal record, all I had to do was fill in a form, pay 185 Euro and I got citizenship in 2017. Since then I've been eligible to vote in NL.

In '22, the UK Election Act was passed and I've been eligible to vote in the UK as well. I have chosen not to register to vote in UK General Elections as I've not paid UK tax since the end of '85 and haven't lived there since '84. Sold my UK house in '86.