Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 119515

Elections: Monitoring

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

David Simmonds

ConservativeRuislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance to Returning Officers on whether election observers can raise points of concern

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright
The Commission’s guidance for Returning Officers notes that they have a legal duty to have regard to the Code of Practice for observers when managing the attendance of observers at polling stations. The Code states that observers may bring irregularities,...

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