AEA press releases, statements and comments

14 February 2024 – Statement about what happens if a political party candidate has their party’s support withdrawn after an election nomination deadline has passed

5 October 2023Comment on Online Absent Vote Applications being launched from 31 October

September 2023Comment on LGiU report Impact of Voter ID: The Views of Administrators

September 2023Comment on Electoral Commission report on the May 2023 local elections in England

September 2023Comment on Electoral Commission report on the May 2023 local elections in Northern Ireland

June 2023AEA 2023 post polls report published

June 2023Comment on Electoral Commission interim voter ID analysis

May 2023Close of-polls statement – 4 May 2023

December 2022 – Comment on Local Government Association call to delay voter ID introduction

October 2022Comment 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

April 2022 – Statement on the Public Administration and Public Affairs Committee 21 April 2022 letter to the Secretary of State about the Elections Bill

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 2021AEA Statement on Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report into the Elections Bill

October 2021Open letter from electoral suppliers to Kemi Badenoch MP, Minister of State for Levelling Up & Equalities on proposals to reduce the election timetable for UK Parliamentary general elections. Signed by Adare SEC Limited, Civica Election Services, FDM plc, Idox, Latcham, MPS Marketing Services Limited, Pakflatt, PRINT.UK.COM, SciPrint Limited

September 2021Statement 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 2021Statement on Welsh Government flexible voting pilot proposals

July 2021News release: Blueprint for reform to safeguard UK elections published

July 2021Statement on the Elections Bill and specific measures within it: Voter ID, votes for overseas electors, absent voting, prosecutions, voting and candidacy rights agreements

June 2021 – Statement on the Electoral Commission Public Opinion Tracker 2021 – AEA comments on public confidence in the electoral process and proposed voter ID

May 2021 May 2021 Statement on the Queen’s Speech – AEA position on proposed voter ID and the abolition of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act

May 2021 Joint AEA and Democracy Club statement about polling stations being used for elections on 6 May

March 2021AEA statement on the 24 March 2021 report from the Joint Committee on the Fixed Term Parliaments Act

February 2021AEA 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 2021Letter 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

November 2020 – AEA Statement on the Government response to the House of Lords Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee report recommendations

September 2020Government response to the Electoral Commission and AEA post-election reports


List of previous press releases and communications available on request

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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