Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have been disqualified for holding elective office under Part 5 of the Elections Act 2022.

Under UK law, those convicted of intimidation or abuse of candidates, campaigners or elected office holders, may be subject to a five-year ban from standing for, or holding, elective office, in addition to any standard punishment for the underlying criminal offence. The disqualification can be imposed at the point of sentence before a criminal court, unless it is unjust in the circumstances to do so.

The disqualification order came into force in November 2023, meaning that it has not been in place for a substantive period of time. We do not hold data on how many people have been disqualified