BOVF in collaboration with BritCham Indonesia host events in Jakarta and Bali. Taking place on the 22nd and 24th October, BOVF Chair (Bruce Darrington) discussed “British Citizens Overseas: Using the power of our vote”. This in person event enabled participants to learn how to make their voice heard in UK politics and advocate for key […]
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BOVF attend the Labour and Conservative party conferences At the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, BOVF Chair Bruce Darrington met with Joe Powell MP (Kensington & Bayswater). Having lived in the USA for nine years before entering Parliament, Joe has been a strong supporter of overseas voters and continues to back our work to ensure
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BOVF hosted an event for British and Dual Citizens living in Milan September 9th, 6pm, All Saints’ Anglican Church, Milan. BOVF Milan meeting BOVF was established to galvanize UK citizens abroad to register to vote and importantly, through various mechanisms, to start to have real influence in the UK. Bruce Darrington, BOVF Chair addressed British
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British citizens in Taiwan are invited to join BOVF in partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCT) for an informative and interactive session explaining how British citizens living in Taiwan can exercise their right to vote. This event took place onThursday, June 12 · 5:30 – 7:30pm CST, connected fellow overseas Brits,
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June 2025 BritCham Cambodia hosted talk about the work of BOVF Chair of BOVF Bruce Darrington delivered a talk to BritCham members in Cambodia about the rights of British citizens living overseas. Sharing key areas BOVF are focusing on: Frozen pensions, university fees for overseas citizens, spousal visas, accessing UK bank accounts, voting logistics,
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The BOVF Team based in Bangkok hosted a stall at the annual British Club Fair. This event was a great opportunity for British Citizens living in Bangkok to hear about the work BOVF is doing, and to discuss some of the steps British Citizens can take to ensure their voice is heard in UK Parliament.
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April 2025 BOVF member Eric Jordan presented insights from BOVF at the Pattaya City Expats Club The Pattaya City Expats Club hosted a presentation by Eric Jordon of BOVF on voting from overseas. The session was focused on UK overseas citizens, but the event was attended by many nationalities who are impacted by similar
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15 January 2025 BOVF hosted an event for its members and supporters in Japan (in the Akasaka area of Tokyo), to discuss the experiences of being a British citizen overseas. This event was a great opportunity for those people with a connection to BOVF and links to British Citizenship based in Japan to get
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15th January, 2025 Mike Tuffrey, BOVF Trustee, spoke about the challenges of voting from overseas at the new All Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens Rights. Led by Manuela Perteghella MP for Stratford-on-Avon, the session was attended in person and online by representatives from Unlock Democracy, Bremain in Spain, Beyond Brexit – UK Citizens in Italy
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The British Overseas Voters Forum (BOVF) has been busy over the past few days—this time in Singapore! After a presentation to British international school heads some of the members BOVF Singapore met at the Singapore Cricket Club. Bruce Darrington, BOVF Chair, was joined by Nick Lord (Secretary) and residents of Singapore. If you want to
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