Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 119301
Elections: Local Government
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2026,
Answer
Sir Jeremy WrightThe Commission’s correspondence to the Secretary of State is available on its website. In it the Commission makes clear its view that scheduled elections should go ahead as planned, and only be postponed in exceptional circumstances.