Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78240
Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of whether overseas electors in (a) Australia and (b) UAE can receive postal ballot papers posted from the United Kingdom in line with the
Answer
Samantha DixonThe responsibility for arranging the timing and dispatch of postal votes sits with the Returning Officer for each electoral area. As such, it falls to them to assess the likelihood of an elector’s postal ballot pack being dispatched, returned and complete...
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