United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 95058
Councillors: Dual Mandate
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27 November 2025
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4 December 2025 · Answer
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4 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend electoral law to prevent councillors standing for election in overseas countries.
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27 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend electoral law to prevent councillors standing for election in overseas countries.
Source: Commons
4 December 2025
Answer
The Government is clear that any councillor elected by local people to serve their interests must continue to do so as their highest priority. I am considering whether a change in legislation is needed to address the rare instances where serving councillo...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-27/95058
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1857790
- uk · wq-1857790 · source updated 4 December 2025