Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 84199
Voting Behaviour
Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the number of spoilt votes under the supplementary vote electoral system.
Answer
Sir Jeremy WrightThe last set of elections held under the supplementary vote electoral system were the local government and PCC elections in May 2021. The percentage of rejected ballot papers at those elections was higher than at elections using first past the post in the...
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