The suffrage or enfranchisement is the ability to vote in public elections.
Who is not enfranchised in the uk
People under the age of 18
Citizens from countries other than the UK and Ireland.
Members of the House of Lords
Prisoners
Those convicted of a corrupt or illegalelectoral practice, who are barred for 5years
People who are detained in a psychiatric hospital.
The Monarch
Examples of when people were able to vote in some elections but not others
in the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, the right to vote was given to 16- and 17-year-olds. Furthermore, in 2020, some prisoners were given the right to vote for future Scottish parliamentary elections.
