AEA press releases and statements
5 October 2023 – Comment on Online Absent Vote Applications being launched from 31 October
September 2023 – Comment on LGiU report Impact of Voter ID: The Views of Administrators
September 2023 – Comment on Electoral Commission report on the May 2023 local elections in England
September 2023 – Comment on Electoral Commission report on the May 2023 local elections in Northern Ireland
June 2023 – AEA 2023 post polls report published
June 2023 – Comment on Electoral Commission interim voter ID analysis
May 2023 – Close of-polls statement – 4 May 2023
December 2022 – Comment on Local Government Association call to delay voter ID introduction
October 2022 – Comment on Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee report on the work of the Electoral Commission
September 2022 – Letter to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for electoral matters
September 2022 – Comment on Electoral Commission reports into May 2022 scheduled polls
July 2022 – Letter to the Secretary of State: Elections Act 2022 – Voter ID
July 2022 – News release on letter to Secretary of State about the Elections Act 2022 – Voter ID
March 2022 – Statement on the Elections Bill and independence of the Electoral Commission
January 2022 – AEA comment on Elections Bill overseas electors and absent vote applications policy papers
January 2022 – Comment on Elections Bill Ministerial Statement and Voter Identification Policy Paper
December 2021 – AEA Statement on Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report into the Elections Bill
September 2021 – Statement on Electoral Commission Reports on May 2021 elections
September 2021 – Joint open letter from the AEA and SOLACE to Chloe Smith MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, about the proposal from the Joint Committee on the Fixed Term Parliaments Act to reduce the election timetable for UK Parliamentary general elections
- The above letter is accompanied by a Legislation Timeline outlining the volume of change to the running of elections and electoral registration since the Representation of the People Act 1983
August 2021 – Statement on Welsh Government flexible voting pilot proposals
July 2021 – News release: Blueprint for reform to safeguard UK elections published
May 2021 – Joint AEA and Democracy Club statement about polling stations being used for elections on 6 May
March 2021 – AEA statement on the 24 March 2021 report from the Joint Committee on the Fixed Term Parliaments Act
February 2021 – AEA statement on the 11 February 2021 letter to Returning Officers and Headteachers from the Department of Education and Cabinet Office on the use of schools as polling stations on 6 May
February 2021 – Letter from the AEA Chief Executive in response to the letter of 11 February from the Minister of State for School Standards and Minister of State for the Cabinet Office to Returning Officers and Headteachers on using schools during the elections
September 2020 – Government response to the Electoral Commission and AEA post-election reports
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September 2020 – Statement from the AEA Chairman on the report from the Committee on Senedd Electoral Reform
September 2020 – Statement from the AEA Chief Executive on the UK Government response to Electoral Commission and AEA post-election reports
July 2020 – AEA statement on the House of Lords Select Committee on the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 report “An electoral system fit for today? More to be done.”
March 2020 – AEA statement in response to the Law Commission’s final report on electoral law
February 2020 – Letter from the AEA to the Cabinet Office Minister re: Covid-19
February 2020 – UK Parliamentary General Election 2019 – AEA post election statement
November 2019 – Letter from the AEA Chief Executive in response to the letter of 5 November from the Secretary State for Education to local authority Chief Executives
October 2019 (10.00pm) – AEA statement on the 12 December general election
October 2019 – AEA statement on the Electoral Commission review of MP recall petitions
October 2019 – AEA statement in response to the Electoral Commission’s Report on the May 2019 elections
September 2019 – AEA statement on the Electoral Commission’s reports on the accuracy and completeness of electoral registers in Great Britain & Northern Ireland
September 2019 – AEA post-election report “The Electoral Landscape in 2019”
September 2019 – News release about the AEA report “The Electoral Landscape in 2019”
July 2019 – AEA statement on the Electoral Commission’s Voter ID evaluation report
May 2019 – AEA statement on reports of EU citizens being unable to vote in the European Parliamentary election
May 2018 – Electoral administrators praised after 3 May elections
September 2017 – AEA post-elections report 2017: It’s time for urgent and positive Government action
September 2016 – AEA post-election and EU referendum report: Pushed to the absolute limit: 2016 – the electoral year never to forget
February 2016 – Voter registration information
July 2015 – Elections and Individual Electoral Registration – The Challenge of 2015