Question follow-through · 47703
Civic Dignitaries and Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued on whether incumbent (a) councillors, (b) council mayors, (c) Police and Crime Commissioners and (d) combined authority mayors may (i) stand for elec
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued on whether incumbent (a) councillors, (b) council mayors, (c) Police and Crime Commissioners and (d) combined authority mayors may (i) stand for elec
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
Councillors, elected mayors of single authorities, combined authorities (‘CAs’) and combined county authorities (‘CCAs’) and Police and Crime Commissioners (‘PCCs’) are not disqualified from standing for election as Members of Parliament (‘MPs’). PCCs, in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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