Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 18016

Political Parties: Finance

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Sir James Cleverly

ConservativeBraintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the minimum residency requirement applies individuals who have been continually r

Answer

Samantha Dixon
The relevant question for the purposes of the minimum residency period is when the individual was last resident outside the United Kingdom. Residency is determined using the existing electoral law concept of residence in section 5 of the Representation of...

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