This ban was enshrined in Schedule 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985:3 Disfranchisement of offenders in prison etc(1) A convicted person during the time that he is detained in a penal institution in pursuance of his sentence [or unlawfully at large when he would otherwise be so detained] is legally incapable of voting at any parliamentary or local government election.(2) For this purpose -(a) "convicted person"… [read post]