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==Eligibility to vote and stand for election==
Eligibility to vote in and stand for election in UK general elections is not restricted to British [[citizen]]s; [[Ireland (state)|Irish]] citizens and those of [[Commonwealth of Nations]] countries can also participate, though [[European Union]] citizens cannot. Voters must be over the age of 18 and not in [[prison]], suffering from a certain level of poor [[mental health]], or guilty of serious [[electoral malpractice]]. at the time of the election. Voting is also denied to members of the [[House of Lords]]. Voters are disenfranchised if their names do not appear on annually-updated local [[electoral register]]s; the Electoral Commission estimates there are about six or seven million people with a theoretical right to vote who cannot exercise it because they are not on the register.