Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 100507
Mayors: Disqualification
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 12 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 49537 on Mayors: Disqualification, whether a criminal conviction for an imprisonable offence would disqualify a person from be
Answer
Alison McGovernThe answer given to the hon. Member in Question UIN 49537 on 30 April 2025 provides the current disqualifications for being convicted of an imprisonable offence for mayors - this applies to metro mayors in and outside of London.