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Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 88049 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85523 on Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad, what steps he plans to take to ensure that overseas electors receive

Answer

Answered by Samantha Dixon, 17 Nov 2025

The responsibility for arranging the timing and dispatch of postal votes sits with the Returning Officer for each electoral area. As such, it falls to them to assess the likelihood of an elector’s postal ballot pack being dispatched, returned and complete...