Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 117773

Elections: Fraud

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what data the Electoral Commission holds on levels of electoral fraud, broken down by local authority area.

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
The Electoral Commission collects data on allegations of electoral fraud from all police forces across the UK, and publishes data on its website annually. Due to the way data is provided, it is broken down by police force, not by local authority. The Comm...

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