Written question asked by John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 20 May 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 May 2005. It was answered by Lord Touhig (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 June 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Service Personnel (General Election)
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the UK armed forces were stationed in Iraq during the general election; and how many were provided with (a) proxy and (b) postal votes.
- Answer
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There were approximately 9300¹ service personnel in Iraq, or overseas in support of operations in Iraq, on land and at sea, in May 2005. It is not possible to determine how many service personnel used a proxy to exercise their vote and how many applied for and used a postal vote."¹ Rounded to the nearest 100."
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 434 c465W;434 c467W; 902
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Absent voting Deployment Iraq General elections Peacekeeping operations Staff General Election 2005
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2013-11-21 21:43:09 +0000
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