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Written Question
Elections
Monday 24th February 2020

Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the level of (a) turnout at elections and (b) detection of electoral fraud.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the correlation between the level of turnout at elections and detection of electoral fraud.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
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Written Question
Local Government: Elections
Tuesday 28th January 2020

Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the effect on the public purse of holding combined local elections every four years for local authorities, police and crime commissioners, regional mayors and the Greater London Authority.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The Government has not made an assessment of the effect on the public purse of holding combined elections every four years. Not all local authorities hold their council elections on a four-year cycle and new elected positions can be created, as we have seen for local authority and combined authority mayors in recent years.

Combined polls will often result in lower overall costs to public funds both in respect of the Consolidated Fund and the relevant devolved administration or local authority sources. Combination has also been shown to increase turnout in instances where a poll that traditionally experiences low turnout is combined with a poll where turnout is higher.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2019
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 May 2019
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Written Question
Constituencies
Friday 17th May 2019

Asked by: Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local communities of parliamentary boundary changes that result in parliamentary constituencies covering three (a) district or (b) borough councils, in addition to a county council.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Government is committed to delivering more equal and updated parliamentary constituencies to ensure there is fair and equal representation for electors across the UK.

The four independent Boundary Commissions conducted the 2018 Boundary Review and made recommendations in accordance with rules previously agreed by Parliament.

It is for the Boundary Commissions to take into account relevant factors when recommending parliamentary constituencies, including local government boundaries


Speech in General Committees - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Draft Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Speech in General Committees - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Draft Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Dec 2018
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