By-elections: Mayors

Summary

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Commission provides on how many local electors are needed to request the Proper Office to hold a by-election to fi

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1. 20 May 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Commission provides on how many local electors are needed to request the Proper Office to hold a by-election to fi

   Source: Commons

2. 3 June 2026

   Answer

   The Electoral Commission does not publish specific guidance for combined authority mayoral elections, but the laws are the same as local government elections in England. The Commission has published guidance for Returning Officers on both the timing of by...

   Source: Written answer

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