Election Offences
(asked on 16th September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions provisions of electoral law have been applied retrospectively; and what assessment they have made of this.
Answered by
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 12th October 2026
The Government does not maintain a central record of instances where provisions of electoral law have been applied retrospectively and has therefore made no assessment of the total number of such occasions. Any proposal to legislate retrospectively is considered on its own merits.