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Local Government: Reorganisation

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled Answered 2 September 2026UIN 19365

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 13 November 2025, to Question 88726, on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether the Electoral Commission was consulted on the decision to cancel the council elections announced by the Government on 18 December 2025.

Answered by Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission was not consulted on the decision.

The Commission has been clear in its communication with the Government and in its public statements that scheduled elections should be postponed only in exceptional circumstances.

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