Question follow-through · 74954
Unitary Councils: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new unitary councils will be elected (a) all-out and (b) by thirds.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new unitary councils will be elected (a) all-out and (b) by thirds.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
Our expectation is to provide for whole council elections, consistent with the approach taken in previous unitarisations where new councils were established under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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