Question follow-through · 53088
By-elections: Costs
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the average cost to local authorities for holding (a) Parliamentary and (b) local
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- Answering body
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the average cost to local authorities for holding (a) Parliamentary and (b) local
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
The Electoral Commission does not hold data on the average cost to local authorities for holding elections. Local authorities are responsible for managing the costs of elections within their area and hold their own local data. The cost of conducting UK pa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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