Third French legislative constituency for citizens abroad

The third constituency for French residents overseas (French: Troisième circonscription des Français établis hors de France) is one of eleven constituencies representing French citizens living abroad. It was created by the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies and elects, since 2012, one representative to the National Assembly.

It represents all French citizens living in British Isles (United Kingdom, Ireland and Crown Dependencies in Manx Island and Channel Islands), Northern Europe and Eastern Europe (Baltic States). As of 2024, it contained 175,997 registered French voters.

Area It covers all French citizens living in ten countries in Northern Europe – specifically, Iceland, Norway, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Sweden, Finland (including Åland), Ireland, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As of New Year's Day 2011, it contained 140,731 registered French voters. By far the greatest number of these (113,655) were living in the United Kingdom, the country with the third greatest number of registered French residents in the world. (In contrast, there were only 146 in Estonia, and just one in Greenland.)"Les élections en 2012 à l’étranger: Votre circonscription pour l’élection des députés", French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs"Décret n° 2011-367 du 4 avril 2011 authentifiant la population des Français établis hors de France au 1er janvier 2011", Légifrance"Français inscrits au registre mondial au 31/12/2010", French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs"Législatives : à Londres, pléthore de candidats et tâtonnements", Le Monde, 26 May 2012

This constituency elected its first ever representative at the 2012 French legislative election.

Deputies ElectionMemberParty 2012 Axelle Lemaire PS 2014 Christophe Premat 2017 Alexandre Holroyd LREM 2022 2024 Vincent Caure RE

National Assembly elections

2024 CandidatePartyAllianceFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Charlotte MinvielleLÉNFP26,87339.2237,32649.46Vincent CaureREEnsemble26,81039.1338,13450.54Sophie CharbonnetRN4,5046.57Balthazar RogerLRUDC3,4425.02Assamahou LamarreDVC3,3654.91Joël HeslautDVC1,2511.83Anthony CoutretREC7521.10Tanguy Pinomaa-DanzéDVGVolt7011.02Emmanuel ConstantinECO3550.52Tim CrayeDVD2360.34Yvan BachaudDIV2260.33Valid votes68,515100.0075,460100.00Blank votes8291.192,7073.46Null votes1120.16710.09Turnout69,45643.2478,23848.71Abstentions91,17856.7682,38951.29Registered voters160,634160,627Source: ResultRE HOLD

2022

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2017

Candidates The list of candidates was officially finalised on 15 May. There are 16 candidates, 10 women and 6 men:"Arrêté du 15 mai 2017 fixant la liste du premier tour de l'élection des députés élus par les Français établis hors de France ", Journal Officiel de la République Française, 16 May 2017

The En Marche! Party chose Alexandre HOLROYD, a resident of London, as its candidate. His deputy (suppléant) is Laure PHILIPPON MAILLARD, also a resident of London.

The Socialist Party chose Axelle LEMAIRE, a resident of London, as its candidate. Her deputy (suppléant) is Matthieu PINARD.

The Republicans Party chose Laurence AZZENA- GOUGEON as its candidate. Her deputy (suppléant) is Philippe CHALON.

The France Insoumise Party chose Olivier TONNEAU as its candidate. His deputy (suppléant) is Anne PHILIPPE.

The National Front chose Tony Thommes. Xavier Rollin was his deputy.

Campaign The elections will take place on: 4 June for the first round 18 June for the second round

This year there was no electronic vote available due to cyber threats.

The campaign officially started on 23 May.

6 of the candidates held a debate organised and hosted by Le Petit Journal at King's College in London on 23 May 2017.

The next debate will take place on 13 June between the 2 candidates qualified for the second round.

Results

2012

Candidates The list of candidates was officially finalised on 14 May. There were twenty candidates:"Arrêté du 14 mai 2012 fixant la liste des candidats au premier tour de l'élection des députés élus par les Français établis hors de France ", Journal Officiel de la République Française, 15 May 2012"3ème circonscription: Europe du Nord", Le Petit Journal

The Socialist Party chose Axelle Lemaire, a resident of London, as its candidate. Her deputy (suppléant) was Christophe Premat, a resident of Stockholm."Elections législatives 2012 : nos candidates et candidats", Parti Socialiste – Fédération des Français à l'Etranger

The Union for a Popular Movement chose Emmanuelle Savarit, with Geoffrey Party as her deputy (suppléant)."Législatives : l'UMP a désigné ses candidats pour l'étranger", Le Figaro, April 13, 2011

The Left Front chose Lucile Jamet, with Sébastien Mas as her deputy (suppléant).

The Democratic Movement chose Yannick Naud as its candidate. Marianne Magnin was his deputy (suppléante)."Yannick Naud, Candidat du MoDem pour la 3ème circonscription des Français de l’étranger", Mouvement Démocrate Royaume-Uni et Irlande

Europe Écologie–The Greens chose Olivier Bertin. A resident of London, Bertin ran a bilingual preschool. He was also a member of the Green Party of England and Wales."Les 11 candidat-e-s EELV sur les circonscriptions législatives hors de France", EELV, 12 November 2011 Natacha Blisson was his deputy (suppléante)."Motion 13: Législatives 2012: Hors de France" , Europe Écologie–The Greens

The National Front chose Guy Le Guezennec. Gérard Berardi was his deputy.

The centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Olivier de Chazeaux as their candidate, with Nathalie Chassaigne-Rombaut as his deputy.

The Radical Party of the Left chose Ezella Sahraoui. Alain Malcolm Douet was her deputy."Présentation de Ezella Sahraoui", Le Petit Journal

The Christian Democratic Party chose Denys Dhiver as its candidate. Dhiver, who was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement as well as of the CDP, was also endorsed by France Ecologie. Jorice Samuel is his deputy."Présentation de Denys Dhiver", Le Petit Journal

The Centrist Alliance chose Olivier Cadic, with Sophie Routier as his deputy.

Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Édith Tixier, with Yannick Caroff as her deputy.

Will Mael Nyamat stood as an independent candidate (miscellaneous left). A former member of the French Socialist Party, he left it and became a member of the British Labour Party. He was a resident of London. Dja-Tsingue Nzigou is his deputy."Ma déclaration de candidature", Nyamat's official website

Christophe Schermesser, who has lived and worked in Ireland, England and Finland, was the candidate of the European Federalist Party. Danielle Schermesser was his deputy."Présentation de Christophe Schermesser", Le Petit Journal

Gaspard Koenig, a resident of London, was the candidate for the small French Liberal Democratic Party (which espouses economic liberalism). (It bears no relation to the British party of the same name.) Olivia Penichou is his deputy."Présentation de Gaspard Koenig", Le Petit Journal

Marie-Claire Sparrow was the candidate of the Gathering of French Residents Overseas (Rassemblement des Français de l'étranger), related to the Union for a Popular Movement. Richard Dimosi was her deputy.

Aberzack Boulariah, an "expatriate entrepreneur", was an independent candidate. Marc Ambroise was his deputy."Présentation de Aberzack Boulariah", Le Petit Journal

Jérôme de Lavenère Lussan was a legal entrepreneur running as an independent candidate. Fahd Rachidi was his deputy."LÉGISLATIVES 2012 – Jérôme Lussan : "Je veux être une force de frappe", Le Petit Journal

The other independent candidates were: Bernard Larmoyer (with Virginie Charles as his deputy); Anne-Marie Wolfsohn (with Maïlys Michot-Casbas as her deputy); and Patrick Kaboza (with David Judaique as his deputy).

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