Question follow-through · 68415

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59356 on Political Parties: Finance, whether political parties can accept the don

answeredSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

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Answering body
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Tabled
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
23 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59356 on Political Parties: Finance, whether political parties can accept the don

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Political parties may only accept donations, including donations in kind of research services, from permissible sources. However, there are currently no restrictions on where donors themselves raise funds. The Commission has highlighted this weakness in t...

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Electoral Register

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Supplementary Vote: Voting Behaviour

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Electoral Systems

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Absent Voting

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electoral Register

22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Election Commission has issued to Electoral Registration Officers on the declarations that a potential elector mus

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Voting Methods

22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the security of the ballot for early voting pilot schemes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electoral Register

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Government: Reorganisation

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Speaker's Committee holds on whether the Electoral Commission has held discussions with the Government on the l

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Local Government: Reorganisation

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Political Parties: Disclosure of Information

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Local Government: Elections

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