Question follow-through · 9517
Ballot Boxes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating a separate ballot box for each polling district in Local and General Elections in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating a separate ballot box for each polling district in Local and General Elections in England.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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19 Jun 2026
Answer published
The allocation of ballot boxes is an operational matter for Returning Officers, who are independent statutory officers responsible for the conduct of elections. They make decisions on the number, location and use of ballot boxes based on local circumstanc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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