questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the provisions of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 relating to the reintroduction of the Supplementary Vote system for mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections are currently in force; whether any further commencement regulations or secondary legislation are required before those provisions take effect; what guidance her Department has issued to returning officers and combined authorities on the electoral system to be used for any mayoral by-election held before the next scheduled local elections; and whether the Government intends those provisions to apply to all mayoral by-elections held following Royal Assent.
answerText: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS65) made on 21 May 2026.
heading: Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections