Question follow-through · 7842
By-elections: Costs
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has made an assessment of the average cost to a local authority of holding and administering a (a)
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- Answering body
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has made an assessment of the average cost to a local authority of holding and administering a (a)
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Electoral Commission has not made an assessment on the average cost of holding and administering elections, as it is not responsible for funding elections. The UK Government, through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, provides ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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