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Samantha DixonThe majority of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695 was repealed by the Representation of the People Act 1948.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remaining section (section 7) related to the minimum age of candidacy for elections to the House of Commons and was repealed by the Ele...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