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Elections: Campaigns

Asked by Paul HolmesConservativeSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled Answered 9 June 2026UIN 5415

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 answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 118899, on Elections: Campaigns, what advice has been given on whether the test of legibility requires an imprint to be in English.

Answered by Sir Jeremy Wright

There are no requirements in law on the language of imprints. Legibility relates to the text size and whether it can be read. The Electoral Commission’s guidance on print and digital imprints sets out the information that must be included in an imprint.

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