Question follow-through · 21261
Local Government: By-elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the planned date for future local government by-elections for district and county councils.
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
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the planned date for future local government by-elections for district and county councils.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
District and county council by-elections are held to fill casual vacancies arising between ordinary elections. The timing of such elections depends on when a vacancy arises and is governed by section 89 of the Local Government Act 1972 and associated legi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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