Voting in French elections from the UK

Voting from the UK
The next French presidential election is on 18 April 2027 (first round) and 2 May 2027 (second round). To vote in the UK you must be on the consular electoral list, which you can join up to 6 weeks before the vote.

French citizens in the UK can vote from here in national elections (presidential, legislative, European and referendums) and in the elections specific to French people abroad. They cannot vote here in municipal or regional elections, which need a French commune's list. The details are on the consulate's voting page.

Joining the consular electoral list

You must be over 18, have your civil and political rights and be on the consular electoral list. People on the Registre can register, check or change their electoral registration directly on Service-Public.fr; others contact the consulate for their area.

Joining the consular list removes you automatically from your previous list.

A young person already on the Registre who turns 18 before polling day is added automatically. One who comes of age between the two rounds votes only in the second.

Item Detail
First round 18 April 2027
Second round 2 May 2027
Registration deadline 6 weeks before the vote
Where to register Service-Public.fr, if on the Registre
Proxy at the consulate or an honorary consul who takes them

Voting by proxy

If you cannot vote in person, a proxy lets another voter vote for you, in your polling station and your constituency, for one election or for a set period. The page advises giving it as soon as the date is known.

Voting from the UK in 2027: Check your list; Register; Vote or give a proxy

The consulates take proxies, and so do most honorary consuls: the directory lists "recueil des procurations de vote" for sixteen of the nineteen, all but Aberdeen, Dover and Glasgow. Edinburgh books proxies through its appointment link for proxies, legalisations and certificates.

Still on a list in France
You can give a proxy to vote in France rather than joining the consular list.
Leaving the UK
Register on your new commune’s list in France, or another consular list abroad, online; the old registration is cancelled automatically.
Helping on election day
The consulate has called for volunteers to help run the 2027 presidential vote among the French community in the UK.

Lists, checks and results

Every new registration and removal goes through the control commission of the consular electoral list. The page says the list of newly registered and removed voters can be consulted in the public areas of your consulate for 7 days after the commission meets.

When you leave the UK, you register on the list of your new commune in France or of another consulate abroad, online on Service-Public.fr, and the earlier registration is cancelled automatically. Results of the elections of French voters abroad are published on France Diplomatie.

Before the election
  • Check your registration and polling station on Service-Public.fr
  • Register at least 6 weeks before the vote
  • Book a proxy early if you will be away
 Check your electoral registration now: the deadline is six weeks before 18 April 2027. 

Official sources: Voter à l'étranger; Service-Public.fr, vote d’un Français établi à l’étranger.

All consular procedures
How to book an appointment

Checked against the official sources on 10 November 2026.

This site is an independent directory. frenchconsulates.co.uk is not the Embassy of France or one of its consulates, and it handles no applications.

We gather what uk.diplomatie.gouv.fr publishes and flag it when its own pages disagree. Confirm with the consulate before you travel.

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