United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 680
Councillors: Employment
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13 May 2026
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22 May 2026 · Answer
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22 May 2026
Summary
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.
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13 May 2026
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
22 May 2026
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-13/680
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1904758
- uk · wq-1904758 · source updated 22 May 2026