Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78244

Parliamentary Elections Act 1695

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to repeal the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
The majority of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695 was repealed by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The one remaining section (section 7) related to the minimum age of candidacy for elections to the House of Commons and was repealed by the Ele...
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