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Elections: Local Government

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 119301

The question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2026,

Answered by Sir Jeremy Wright

The Commission’s correspondence to the Secretary of State is available on its website. In it the Commission makes clear its view that scheduled elections should go ahead as planned, and only be postponed in exceptional circumstances.

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