| Heading: |
Elections: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1813748 |
| UIN: |
60790 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5319 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Robin Swann
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| Asking Member handle: |
RobinSwann_MP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RobinSwann_MP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason he rejected the Electoral Commission of Northern Ireland's request to separate the next scheduled local government and Assembly elections. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
413 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Hilary Benn
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| Answering Member handle: |
hilarybennmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@hilarybennmp
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
The date for local government elections is set in statute as the first Thursday in May every 4 years, and for the Assembly elections as the first Thursday in May every 5 years. The people of Northern Ireland expect to go to the polls on 6 May 2027 and the... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
21 |
| Answering body name: |
Northern Ireland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |