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British Overseas Voters Forum

• Are you Registered to Vote? •• BOVF – British Overseas Voters Working Together For Change • • Register as a BOVF Supporter for FREE or Join as a Member •

• End Frozen Pensions • Fair University Fees• Access to UK Bank Account• End Unfair Spousal Visa Laws• End Unfair Housing Loan Interest• Improve Voting Mechanisms• Create Overseas Constituencies• Improve UK Government Communication

Why the Forum?

Why the Forum? British citizens living overseas have a great deal to offer the UK….

Where We Are Geographically

A Global Voice at a Local Level The Forum operates using Local branches to help…

Achievements

Our Achievements to Date We have set out all our achievements to date, including when…

Our numbers speak

The number of people that have actually registered to vote is a small percentage of the total who could register.

Estimated number of British Citizens living abroad

Estimated number of British Citizens living abroad entitled to vote in the UK

Estimated number of Registered British Overseas Voters as of today

The Many Issues faced by Overseas Based British Citizens

Frozen Pensions

Frozen Pensions This is one of the BOVF Key Issues we are campaigning to address….

University Fees

University Fees This is one of the BOVF Key Issues we are campaigning to address….

Spouse Visa

Spouse Visa This is one of the BOVF Key Issues we are campaigning to address….

Access to UK Bank Accounts

Access to UK Bank Accounts UK banks are increasingly asking UK citizens, who have moved…

Housing Loan Interest

Housing Loan Interest This is one of the BOVF Key Issues we are campaigning to…

Fully Functional Voting

Fully Functional Voting A fully functioning overseas voting system is a necessity and an issue…

What we do

We promote the active and positive engagement of British Citizens who live overseas in the affairs of the UK and in how they are treated by the UK.

We Engage

We talk with British Overseas Voters to better understand the issues that affect them.

We Discuss

We then enter into dialogue with elected MPs and representatives of all major parties to get them to better represent overseas voters in their constituencies.

We Research

We have a number of policy committees related to each of our Key Issues, to propose working solutions to the problems faced by overseas voters.

We Campaign

Our campaigns are primarily to connect with British Overseas Voters who are not registered to vote or to raise awareness of the Key Issues which affect British citizens living overseas.

Where we are

Since BOVF started in 2023, we have grown to have ten country branches. You can get in touch with the country co-ordinators by looking at who we are.

COUNTRY CO-ORDINATORS ARE HERE

Policy Groups Solve The Issues

Policy Groups have been set up to develop sustainable policies that that not only solve the problems faced by overseas based British Citizens but are also sellable by UK politicians to the wider UK public.

We always welcome more overseas British citizens participating in these policy groups.

Why have policy groups?

Why have policy groups? The British Overseas Voters Forum (BOVF) has established policy groups as a vital…

Make a difference

Share your skills Only by working together can we solve the issues which affect so…

Contribute to a policy group

Join a policy group Your contribution can have a big impact on the lives of…

How You Can Get On Board

The British Overseas Voters Forum has a viable strategy for change which recognises that UK politicians will not support remedies for overseas based British citizens unless these citizens become voters and then campaign intelligently.

In The News

Occasionally, the BOVF, our supporters, or members are mentioned in the news media. Here is a selection of those stories or features together with some of our case studies.