Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117732

Absent Voting

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of changes in the number of postal votes under the new expiry rules.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
Information relating to postal vote applications is held by independent Electoral Registration Officers rather than the UK Government and so it is not possible to provide more information about the number of postal vote applications that were not renewed ...
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