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Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Single Transferrable Vote system in English local elections.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Single Transferrable Vote system in English local elections.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 23541 on 22 January 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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