Written questions

Iran: Elections

Commons · Question 114366 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 26 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK objected to the recent election of Abbas Tajik of Iran as a Vice-Chair to the Bureau for the sixty-fifth session of the UN's Commission for Social Development.

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 26 Feb 2026

Iran put forward the only candidate so there was no vote.