Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 107953

Local Government: Elections

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his letter to council leaders whose elections he is seeking to postpone published on 22 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the administrative impact on coun

Answer

Alison McGovern

Where a decision has been made to postpone local elections in an area, parish and town council elections will still be proceeding as planned, given they are outside of local government reorganisation.Councils will deliver the elections they are required t...

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