§ Simon HughesTo ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what evaluation is being made of the difference between the turnout for local council elections during the last year(a) where there has been a directly elected mayor and (b) where there has not been a directly elected mayor. [81532]
§ Mr. BeithThe Electoral Commission monitors turnout at local elections in the UK. There have not yet been full council elections in any area in which a mayoral election has already taken place.