General election
General election news from UK Parliament.
MPs to question the Electoral Commission as inquiry into UK election kicks off
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) will hold the first public evidence session of their inquiry into the 2024 general election.
03 January 2025
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 17 December 2024
On 17 December 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.
19 December 2024
New inquiry to examine resilience of UK electoral system
A new PACAC inquiry will look at the resilience of UK general elections following the implementation of the Elections Act 2022.
03 December 2024
House of Commons agrees to establish Speaker’s Conference
House of Commons agrees to establish Speaker’s Conference
23 October 2024
What happens next in the House of Commons
What happens in the House of Commons after the general election
04 July 2024
Chair Sir Jeremy Quin issues statement on the work of the Defence Committee
Chair Sir Jeremy Quin issues statement on the work of the Defence Committee
23 May 2024
Voter ID requirements should be made more accessible ahead of elections
Constitution Committee publishes letter to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Local Government) on Voter ID
19 December 2023
Private members' bills in the Lords in the 2022-23 session
Follow the progress of private members' bills in the House of Lords during the 2022-23 session of Parliament
25 August 2023
Concerns over timetable for electoral law changes
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee publishes the Electoral Commission’s response to its report ‘The Work of the Electoral Commission’.
09 March 2023
Elections Bill completes passage through Parliament
Bill becomes an Act of Parliament. Catch up
28 April 2022
Lords debates private members’ bills
Members debate employment rights, online pornography and lowering voting age. Catch up
31 January 2022
Lords concludes examination of' Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill at third reading
House of Lords completes its examination of bill at third reading. Catch up
25 January 2022
MPs quiz Minister on new reforms to calling general elections
MPs on the cross-party Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee question Chloe Smith
21 June 2021
Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Committee hears from former Commons’ Clerks
Former Clerks of the House of Commons Sir Malcolm Jack and Lord Lisvane give evidence
16 December 2020
Reform of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act must keep the Queen out of politics, says Committee
The Committee publishes its report on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
04 September 2020