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Expats lose Supreme Court bid for EU referendum vote Expats lose Supreme Court bid for EU referendum vote
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Two Britons living abroad have lost their Supreme Court battle over the right to vote in June's EU referendum.Two Britons living abroad have lost their Supreme Court battle over the right to vote in June's EU referendum.
The UK's highest court upheld the decisions of both the High Court and Court of Appeal.The UK's highest court upheld the decisions of both the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Under law, UK citizens are not eligible to vote on 23 June if they have lived outside the UK for more than 15 years. UK citizens are not eligible to vote on 23 June if they have lived outside the UK for more than 15 years.
The challenge was brought by World War Two veteran Harry Shindler, 94, who lives in Italy, and lawyer and Belgian resident Jacquelyn MacLennan, 54.The challenge was brought by World War Two veteran Harry Shindler, 94, who lives in Italy, and lawyer and Belgian resident Jacquelyn MacLennan, 54.
Mr Shindler, who has lived in Italy for 35 years, and Ms MacLennan, from Inverness, who has lived in Belgium since 1987, argued that the 15-year rule acted as a penalty for them having exercised their rights to free movement, and was an infringement of their common law right to vote.
But giving the judgment of the court, Lady Hale said there was no argument to conclude that the right to free movement was affected by the European Referendum Act 2015.
More than 2m British expats are affected by the decision.