Councillors: Employment
Commons · Question 680 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the number of elected councillors without the right to work in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 22 May 2026
The Department does not record this data and has no plans to make this assessment.The right to work in the UK is not an explicit qualification or disqualification criteria for English local government candidacy or membership. The Electoral Commission publ...