Local Government: Reorganisation
Commons · Question 28263 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her answer of 7 September 2026 to the Honourable Member for Exmouth and Exeter East, when a decision will be made as to whether elections to the existing local author
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 15 Sep 2026
The Secretary of State confirmed in her oral statement on 7 September 2026 that the plan is for elections scheduled for May 2027 to go ahead on existing boundaries, and this was also set out in a letter to councils on the same date.