Electoral Register: Advertising

(asked on 4th September 2019) - View Source

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission spent on Facebook targeted advertisements for the purpose of increasing electoral registration on National Voter Registration Day in each of the last four years.


Answered by
Bridget Phillipson Portrait
Bridget Phillipson
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 9th September 2019

National Voter Registration Day was an initiative led by Bite the Ballot, which last took place in February 2016. As part of its activity to support the project, the Commission did not place any Facebook advertising.

Reticulating Splines