David Cameron targets UK voters living overseas in time for election

BRITISH prime minister, David Cameron, is targeting UK expats in an internet campaign by the Conservative party to get them to register to vote.

In a message on Facebook he said that few people living overseas were registered to vote, and clearly with a general election in 2015 he is keen to get people signed up.

Interestingly he points people towards a page overseen by his own party, with a message stressing that they need every Conservative supporter to back them 'to secure a better future for Britain', that asks for your name and email address.

With this complete you are then pointed towards the official government website where people can find out more about registering to vote in the UK from overseas, and go through a short online process to register.

It is estimated around one in five Britons overseas cannot vote in UK elections due to the '15-year rule' which bars long-term expats from having a vote.

While earlier this year a Conservative manifesto pledge said that they would end the 15-year rule should they win next year’s general election.