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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 April 2026

Debate

Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) (Revocation) Order 2026

Contribution

“the Government have sown confusion and imposed unnecessary costs upon the taxpayer by cancelling local elections, only to reinstate them weeks later … What was presented as a firm and settled judgment has unravelled in short order, leaving uncertainty in its wake”.—[Official Report, 25/2/26; col. 672.]

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