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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to overseas electors registered in the Wokingham local authority:

1. The number of registered voters on your current electoral roll who are known to be residing overseas. If an exact number is not available, please provide an estimate or approximate percentage based on the information available to you.
We currently have 802 overseas electors.

2. If possible within the time and cost limits of the Act, please provide a breakdown of the overseas electors by country of residence.
The breakdown by country is shown below.
Andorra: 1
Australia: 66
Austria: 3
Bahrain: 1
Barbados: 1
Belgium: 13
Belguim: 1
Bermuda: 1
Brazil: 1
Bulgaria: 2
Cambodia: 1
Canada: 36
Channel Islands: 2
Chile: 1
China: 7
Cyprus: 8
Czechia: 2
Denmark: 3
Finland: 3
France: 132
Germany: 51
Gibraltar: 1
Greece: 4
Guernsey: 5
Hong Kong: 4
India: 9
Ireland: 13
Isle of Man: 6
Israel: 2
Italy: 12
Japan: 2
Jersey: 2
Kenya: 5
Laos: 1
Latvia: 1
Lebanon: 1
Luxembourg: 2
Malaysia: 1
Malta: 1
Mexico: 2
Nairobi: 1
Netherlands: 24
New Zealand: 20
Norway: 5
Panama: 1
Philippines: 5
Poland: 4
Portugal: 8
Qatar: 1
Republic of Ireland: 1
Romania: 2
Saudi Arabia: 2
Singapore: 11
Slovenia: 1
South Africa: 8
South Korea: 2
Spain: 54
Sweden: 9
Switzerland: 51
Taiwan: 2
Thailand: 4
Turkey: 3
United Arab Emirates: 28
United States: 140
Vietnam: 4
One elector has provided us with a correspondence address in the UK so we do not hold a record of the country where they reside.

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