Written question asked by Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 June 2026. It was answered by Nick Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 June 2026 on behalf of the House of Commons Commission.
House of Commons: Absent Voting
- Question
-
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing remote digital voting in the House of Commons.
- Answer
-
Introducing remote digital voting would be a matter for the House itself and not for the Commission. Remote voting was used for a short period during the pandemic but was replaced by a system of proxies and pass reader voting. The hon. Member could raise the matter with the Procedure Committee or the Modernisation Committee.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 10301
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- House of Commons Absent voting Electronic voting
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2026-06-24 20:26:39 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/10301
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/10301
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/10301