Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 111737

Electoral Commission: Cybersecurity

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 12 February 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission press release entitled Electoral Commission response to cyber-attack attribution, of 25 M

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright

During the cyber-attack in 2021-2022, hostile actors were active in the Electoral Commission’s systems which held our email, our control systems, and copies of the electoral registers. The Commission cannot be certain whether any data was copied or downlo...

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