Vote Counting (General Elections)
Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee
10:30 am
Gary Streeter (South West Devon, Conservative)
The Electoral Commission has received several representations about the timing of counts at the forthcoming UK parliamentary general election. The issue has also been discussed at recent meetings between the commission and individual Members of Parliament and with representatives of the BBC. The commission has written to all returning officers asking for information about when they intend to begin counting in the general election. As of