Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 121035

Local government: Elections

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of standalone council elections that do not align with another principal authority as a result of local government

Answer

Alison McGovern

Where the government makes a structural changes order to implement a proposal for local government reorganisation in an area, the legislation can provide for the alignment of parish councils to the electoral cycle of their new principal council. This is a...

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