Select Committee · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Electoral Registration

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Dec 2022 Closed: 28 May 2024 1 recommendation 1 report

This inquiry will look into the current system of voter registration in the UK, how effective it is at registering eligible electors and consider international examples of good practice. The Committee’s inquiry will examine issues surrounding the access to and sharing of data, and how to improve the accuracy and completeness of registers. The inquiry …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Fourth Report - Electoral Registration	HC 58	21 Mar 2024	1	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

123 Recommendation Fourth Report - Electoral Registration

Prioritise time and resources to consolidate electoral law with a clear implementation timeline

We reiterate the strong recommendation of numerous committees in recent years, including the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and the House of Lords Constitution Committee, that the Government bring forward a timeline to consolidate electoral law. The Government must now prioritise the time and resources needed …

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions

Date	Witnesses
13 Dec 2023	Liz Owen · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Simon Hoare MP · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	View ↗
3 Jul 2023	Ailsa Irvine · Electoral Commission, Craig Westwood · Electoral Commission, Graham Farrant · BCP Council, John Pullinger CB · Electoral Commission, Miranda Cannon · Leicester City Council, Peter Stanyon · Association of Electoral Administrators	View ↗
17 Apr 2023	Amanda Edwards · Association of Electoral Administrators (Wales), Fazilet Hadi · Disability Rights UK, Fiona Weir · Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, Peter Stanyon · Association of Electoral Administrators, Pete Wildman · Scottish Assessors Association, Sila Ugurlu · British Youth Council	View ↗
6 Mar 2023	Barry Quirk CBE, Louise Round · Solace, Professor Alistair Clark · Newcastle University, Professor Toby James · University of East Anglia (UEA), Professor Toby James · University of East Anglia	View ↗

Correspondence

15 letters

Date	Direction	Title
16 Apr 2024	To cttee	Letter from the Chair of the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 9 April 20…
10 Nov 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Faith a…
8 Nov 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Electoral Commission concerning the publication of its post pol…
20 Sep 2023	To cttee	Letter from Information Commissioner's Office to the Chair dated 8 September 20…
20 Sep 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 12 September 2023 conce…
19 Sep 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 8 August 2023 concernin…
18 Jul 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Information Commissioner's Officer dated 17 July 2…
18 Jul 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Electoral Commission dated 17 July 2023 following …
27 Jun 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 22 June 2023 concerning…
2 May 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair of the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 2 May 2023…
2 May 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Chair dated 2…
2 May 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Chair of the Electoral Commission dated 28 April 2…
27 Apr 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair of the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 27 April 2…
26 Apr 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Chair to the Chair of the Electoral Commission dated 26 April 2…
18 Apr 2023	To cttee	Letter from the Electoral Commission to the Chair dated 30 March 2023 concernin…