Absent Voting: Delivery Services
Commons · Question 111094 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by David Mundell
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.
Answer
Answered by Sir Jeremy Wright, 11 Feb 2026
The Electoral Commission regularly engages with Royal Mail to consider the logistics and operational pressures of postal vote delivery, particularly in the run up to elections. This engagement informs the support the Commission provides to Returning Offic...