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Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will her Department use to determine whether scheduled elections in 2026 (a) will and (b) will not be postponed in the context of the ongoing two-tier local governm

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
15 May 2025
Target answer date
19 May 2025
Answer
28 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will her Department use to determine whether scheduled elections in 2026 (a) will and (b) will not be postponed in the context of the ongoing two-tier local governm

  2. 19 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2025

    Answer published

    There are no plans to postpone council elections in 2026. The government’s starting point is for all elections to go ahead unless there is strong justification.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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