{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-2.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/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Local government electors.",
  "text": "(1) A person is entitled to vote as an elector at a local government election in any electoral area if on the date of the poll he—\n(a) is registered in the register of local government electors for that area;\n(b) is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart);\n(c) is a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland , a relevant citizen of the Union or (in Wales) a qualifying foreign citizen Ireland or—\n(i) in relation to a local government election in England, a qualifying EU citizen or an EU citizen with retained rights, or\n(ii) in relation to a local government election in Wales, a relevant citizen of the Union or a qualifying foreign citizen; and\n(d) is of voting age (that is, 18 years or over except in Wales (see subsection (1A))).\n(1A) In Wales, voting age is 16 years or over.\n(2) A person is not entitled to vote as an elector—\n(a) more than once in the same electoral area at any local government election; or\n(b) in more than one electoral area at an ordinary election for a local government area which is not a single electoral area.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2 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 art. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1)(c) substituted (E.W.) (7.5.2024) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(4)(a), Sch. 8 para. 1(1); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 5(b) (with Sch. para. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1)(c) substituted (E.W.) (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 2(1)(a)(i), 175(3)(b) (with s. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1)(d) inserted (E.W.) (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 2(1)(a)(ii), 175(3)(b) (with s. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 2(1A) inserted (E.W.) (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 2(1)(b), 175(3)(b) (with s. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/2",
    "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."
}