Question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission, 2026 flexible voting pilots evaluation, July 2026, what assessment has the Electoral Commission made of the potential (1) security risks and (2) ballot secrecy and integrity risks from (a) mobile voting, (b) vote anywhere and (c) telephone voting.

The Commission set out considerations for the delivery of mobile voting and vote anywhere options in its 2023 feasibility study, including maintaining security, ballot secrecy and integrity. The Commission has not yet made a similar assessment relating to telephone voting. Its evaluation report on the 2026 flexible voting pilots highlighted that telephone voting is used successfully in Australia and recommended that it should be explored for use in the UK.