Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 89918

Local Government: Reorganisation

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November to Question 87207 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what democratic safeguards his Department will introduce to ensure that voters are no

Answer

Alison McGovern

The Department has received no formal requests to postpone elections from councils in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock that were invited to submit proposals for unitary local government. In terms of cancelling elections, I expect the secondary legislat...

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