Question

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission will increase its target for voter increase.

The Electoral Commission sets targets for increasing the number of people registered to vote, rather than increasing turnout.

The Commission has set a target of 1 million additions to electoral registers in Great Britain, 10,000 additions in Northern Ireland and 100,000 additional overseas voters during the period of its public awareness campaign for the May elections May.