Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of postal votes which will be used by voters in the upcoming May 2021 local elections.
Any elector is able to register to vote by post on demand, if they wish. We understand that the pandemic may change voters’ needs and preferences, and encourage anyone who is shielding, or who does not wish to visit a polling station, to apply for a postal or proxy vote and to do so early. We are working with postal vote suppliers, electoral sector partners and election teams.