Written Question·Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission·UIN 119516

Voting Methods

Tabled: 10 March 2026

Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

David Simmonds

Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 84203 on Voting Methods, whether the Electoral Commission was consulted by the

Answer

Sir Jeremy Wright

The Government was required to consult the Electoral Commission before making the draft orders providing for flexible voting pilot schemes at the May 2026 elections in England. The Commission has a statutory duty to independently evaluate and report on th...

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