Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 62049

Local Government: Absent Voting

Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled Remote attendance and proxy voting in local authorities: consultation results and government response, published on 5 June 2025, what her

Answer

Jim McMahon
On 5 June, we published the gov.uk ‘Remote attendance and proxy voting in local authorities: consultation results and government response’ where we announced that we plan to legislate when parliamentary time allows.