PRISONERS AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE

Early day motion 953, tabled 3 November 2010 by Brian Binley (Conservative). Signed by 66 members.

That this House believes that if a crime is serious enough to warrant a term of imprisonment, then the perpetrator must forgo certain civil liberties, including the right to suffrage; and recognises that the right to vote does not aid the rehabilitation of a prisoner and is a privilege that should be exclusively reserved for law-abiding citizens.

Signatures by party: Conservative 36, Labour 22, DUP 4, Liberal Democrat 4.