United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 190010
Candidates: Vetting
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16 June 2023
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20 June 2023 · Answer
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20 June 2023
Summary
To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what checks are undertaken to ascertain whether candidates for election to (a) the House of Commons and (b) local authorities are on the
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16 June 2023
Written question
To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what checks are undertaken to ascertain whether candidates for election to (a) the House of Commons and (b) local authorities are on the
Source: Commons
20 June 2023
Answer
A person is disqualified from being elected to a local authority in England and Wales if they are on the sex offenders register at the time of their nomination and on polling day.The Scottish Government is consulting on introducing a similar disqualificat...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-16/190010
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1645361
- uk · wq-1645361 · source updated 20 June 2023