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  European Union Referendum Bill - Clause 2 - Entitlement to Vote in the Referendum
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow EU nationals resident in the UK to vote in the referendum on if the UK should remain a member of the European Union. 
  @ MP voted no against allowing EU nationals resident in the UK to vote in the referendum on if the UK should remain a member of the European Union. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing EU nationals resident in the UK to vote in the referendum on if the UK should remain a member of the European Union. 
  
  The proposed amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 18, in page 1, line 17, leave out from âelectorsâ to the end of line 12 on page 2 and insertâ
  
  :âat a local government election in any electoral area in Great Britain, or
  
  :(b) the persons who, on the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote as electors at a local government election in any electoral area in Northern Ireland.â
  
  An explanatory statement accompanying the rejected amendment stated:
  
  :This amendment extends the franchise in the referendum to EU nationals resident in the United Kingdom.
  
  Clause 2(1)(a) of the Bill[2] set the starting point for eligibility to vote in the referendum as:
  
  : (a) the persons who, on the date of the referendum, would be entitled to
  vote as electors at a parliamentary election in any constituency, 
  
  The rejected amendment sought to change the basis of eligibility to electors at local government elections, which http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/4 relevant citizens of the European Union].  Provisions relating to members of the House of Lords and Gibraltar which the rejected amendment sought to remove would have been rendered unnecessary following the change.
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/europeanunionreferendum.html Parliament's web page on the European Union Referendum Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0002/cbill_2015-20160002_en_2.htm#pb1-l1g2 Clause 2 of the European Union Referendum Bill as at the time of the vote.]
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