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Voting Methods: Local Government

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 20369

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for councils to bid for a 2027 local election pilot; and whether this will include piloting mobile polling stations.

Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the timetable in the published Flexible voting pilots 2027: Prospectus.

The Government has no plans to publish the 2026 prospectus and no plans to place the 2027 prospectus in the Libraries of either House.

Applications to pilot at combined authority mayoral elections will be considered.

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