Elections: Pilot Schemes
Commons · Question 118665 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what timescale he is working to
Answer
Answered by Samantha Dixon, 16 Mar 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...