Question follow-through · 96795
Councillors: Dual Mandate
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend electoral law to prevent British councillors standing for election in overseas countries.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Democracy and constitution
- Local Government: Elections · 5 Dec 2025
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend electoral law to prevent British councillors standing for election in overseas countries.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 95058 on 4 December 2025 for councillors in England. Local government is devolved, and it is for devolved national governments to govern their own local government members.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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