CASE OF McHUGH AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
Violation of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Right to free elections-{general} (Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 - Vote)
Nona Tsotsoria;Päivi Hirvelä
5. The applicants were all incarcerated at the relevant time following criminal convictions for a variety of offences. They were automatically prevented from voting, pursuant to primary legislation, in one or more of the following elections: elections to the European Parliament on 4 June 2009; the parliamentary election on 6 May 2010; and elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly or the Northern Irish Assembly on 5 May 2011 (for further details see the appended table).