Member

It is worth remembering that, outside of moments of national crisis and war, multi-year suspensions of elections are unprecedented. Even during the Covid 19 pandemic, when postponement for one year in 2020 was unavoidable, the Conservative Government ensured that the 2021 local elections took place, despite calls from Sadiq Khan and others for further delay. While my amendment does not seek to prevent some moderate and necessary delay, it asks for sensible boundaries to be in place in the interests of democracy which, surely, we can all agree on.