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Returning Officers

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 21240

The question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will make it their policy to issue standardised guidance to Electoral Returning Offices on how to conduct election counts.

Answered by Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission already provides guidance to Returning Officers on how to conduct well run election counts.

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