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  European Union Referendum Bill - Referendum Vote for EU Nationals Resident in the UK
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow non-British EU citizens resident in the UK to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
  @ MP voted no against allowing non-British EU citizens resident in the UK to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing non-British EU citizens resident in the UK to vote in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill.[1]
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  :Amendment 7, page 2, line 16, at end insertâ
  
  :â(d) the persons who on the date of the referendum would be entitled to vote in a European parliamentary election by virtue of the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184) (citizens of the European Union other than Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland citizens).â
  
  The amendment was accompanied by an explanatory note stating:
  
  :This amendment would extend the franchise to EU nationals who would be entitled to vote in EU parliamentary elections in the UK.
  
  "Franchise" is a term for the a right to vote.[2]
  
  The rejected amendment would have amended Clause 2 of the Bill[3] titled: ''Entitlement to vote in the referendum'' adding the text in question to the end of Clause 2 which sets out those eligible to vote. The new section (d) would have added those defined within it to the list of those eligible to vote in the referendum.
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/europeanunionreferendum/documents.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union Referendum Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/suffrage Collins English Dictionary definition of suffrage]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0006/cbill_2015-20160006_en_2.htm#pb1-l1g2 Version of the Bill to which the rejected amendment relates]
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