Member

When the Government treat election dates like some flexible appointments, it creates a financial domino effect, and I wish to highlight the cost to parish, town and community councils. Usually, these elections are piggybacked on to principal authority contests to share costs. When the Government arbitrarily cancel or postpone the main event, these smaller councils are left holding a bill they cannot afford. This creates a perverse incentive to avoid contested elections entirely to save money, an outcome that directly undermines democratic legitimacy.