Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 84201

Absent Voting

Tabled: 22 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued to local authorities on the provision to political parties of the expiry dates of

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright

Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are required by law to identify postal voters whose absent voting arrangements will expire on 31 January each year. These voters must be notified directly by the ERO that their current arrangement is ending and that ...

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