Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 111094

Absent Voting: Delivery Services

Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

David Mundell

ConservativeDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
The Electoral Commission regularly engages with Royal Mail to consider the logistics and operational pressures of postal vote delivery, particularly in the run up to elections. This engagement informs the support the Commission provides to Returning Offic...

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