Elections: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 23rd January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require (a) candidates and (b) election agents to publish their home address.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 31st January 2018

The Government recognises the concerns surrounding the inclusion of home addresses of candidates and election agents on electoral documents which are published. The Government also recognises that the existing requirements in relation to the publication or otherwise of candidates’ home addresses vary across different polls. The Government notes the relevant recommendation made by Committee on Standards in Public Life in their report ‘Intimidation of Public Life’, and will respond in due course.

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