| Heading: |
Local Government: Elections |
| Question ID: |
1803505 |
| UIN: |
52712 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-15 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4872 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Simmonds
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
David Simmonds
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will her Department use to determine whether scheduled elections in 2026 (a) will and (b) will not be postponed in the context of the ongoing two-tier local governm |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
There are no plans to postpone council elections in 2026. The government’s starting point is for all elections to go ahead unless there is strong justification. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |