Speakers' Corner

Prisoner voting rights

Friday, 07 Oct 2005 19:04

Prisoner voting rights

Friday, 07 Oct 2005 19:04

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Recent debates

Responses

Ukip: Prisoner voting a danger to democracy
Allowing prisoners to take part in local and national elections would put a significant block of voters in the hands of the government, Ukip MEP Nigel Farage said.More...
Unlock: Rehabilitation is vital
Prisoners must not be forced to undergo a "civic death" while in jail, argued Bobby Cummines, chief executive of Unlock, the national association of ex-offenders.More...
Prison Reform Trust: Stop pretending prisoners do not exist
Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, has welcomed the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that denying prisoners the vote violates their human rights.More...

Lib Dems: Votes for prisoners welcome
Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten has welcomed the European court ruling that barring prisoners from voting goes against their human rights.More...
Conservatives: Ludicrous to give prisoners the vote
The Tories have dismissed suggestions that prisoners should be given the vote following a European Court of Human Rights ruling that preventing them participating in national and local elections is a violation of their human rights.More...
Lord chancellor: All prisoners will not get the vote
A review will be carried out into Britain's law banning prisoners from voting but this does not mean all prisoners will be able to take part in elections, the lord chancellor said.More...
Today's issue…Prisoner voting rights
An urgent review of the laws banning prisoners from voting has begun after the European Court of Human Rights declared the law breached inmates' rights.More...

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