{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Parliamentary electors.",
  "text": "(1) A person is entitled to vote as an elector at a parliamentary election in any constituency if on the date of the poll he—\n(a) is registered in the register of parliamentary electors for that constituency;\n(b) is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart);\n(c) is either a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland; and\n(d) is of voting age (that is, 18 years or over).\n(2) A person is not entitled to vote as an elector—\n(a) more than once in the same constituency at any parliamentary election; or\n(b) in more than one constituency at a general election.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1 substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 1(1); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with s. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1(1)(a) excluded (4.3.2016) by Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25), ss. 10(5), 24(3); S.I. 2016/290, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1(1)(d) excluded (4.3.2016) by Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25), ss. 10(5), 24(3); S.I. 2016/290, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}