Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 118893

Absent Voting: Applications

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Paul Holmes

ConservativeHamble Valley

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 EROs on accepting scanned copies of postal vote application forms.

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
For elections taking place in England, or at a UK Parliamentary general election, the Electoral Commission’s guidance for Electoral Registration Officers sets out the number of ways voters can apply for a postal vote. Postal vote application forms are not...

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