Mayors: Elections
Lords · Question HL1221 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Hayward
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 16 June (HL Deb col 227), what are the associated costs of the changes to the voting system introduced by the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) O
Answer
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 6 Jul 2026
The costs of mayoral elections are met by local authorities and are not held centrally, with each authority responsible for managing and retaining its own election cost data. The Government is therefore unable to provide this information.Our estimate of t...