Local Government: Elections
Commons · Question 107953 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his letter to council leaders whose elections he is seeking to postpone published on 22 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the administrative impact on coun
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 30 Jan 2026
Where a decision has been made to postpone local elections in an area, parish and town council elections will still be proceeding as planned, given they are outside of local government reorganisation.Councils will deliver the elections they are required t...