Elections Act 2022
Act of ParliamentThis bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.
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Long title
A Bill to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, including provision designed to strengthen the integrity of the electoral process; about overseas electors; about voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission; about the membership of the Speaker's Committee; about the Electoral Commission's functions in relation to criminal proceedings; about financial information to be provided by a political party on applying for registration; for preventing a person being registered as a political party and being a recognised non-party campaigner at the same time; about regulation of expenditure for political purposes; about disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices; about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; and for connected purposes.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
5 July 2021 – 5 July 2021
- 2nd reading· Commons
7 September 2021 – 7 September 2021
- Programme motion· Commons
7 September 2021 – 7 September 2021
- Money resolution· Commons
7 September 2021 – 7 September 2021
- Committee stage· Commons
15 September 2021 – 26 October 2021
- Instruction· Commons
20 September 2021 – 20 September 2021
- Report stage· Commons
17 January 2022 – 17 January 2022
- Programme motion· Commons
17 January 2022 – 17 January 2022
- 3rd reading· Commons
17 January 2022 – 17 January 2022
- 1st reading· Lords
18 January 2022 – 18 January 2022
- 2nd reading· Lords
23 February 2022 – 23 February 2022
- Committee stage· Lords
10 March 2022 – 28 March 2022
- Report stage· Lords
6 April 2022 – 25 April 2022
- 3rd reading· Lords
25 April 2022 – 25 April 2022
- Programme motion· Commons
27 April 2022 – 27 April 2022
- Consideration of Lords amendments· Commons
27 April 2022 – 27 April 2022
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons· Lords
27 April 2022 – 27 April 2022
- Royal Assent· Unassigned
28 April 2022 – 28 April 2022
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 3020.