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County Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether county council elections which were postponed in May 2025 will take place in May 2026.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
8 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether county council elections which were postponed in May 2025 will take place in May 2026.

  2. 8 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The government’s starting point is for all elections to go ahead unless there is strong justification. As set out to the House on 17 June, the government is now consulting on two proposals for unitary local government from councils in Surrey. If the Secre...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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