Written questions

General Election 2024: Absent Voting

Commons · Question 399 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 26 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many postal ballots requested by overseas electors for the General Election were returned by post and received by their local council (a) before and (b) after the deadline to

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 26 Jul 2024

Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received before and after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election. No separate record is kept by Returning Office...