Representation of the People Bill
A Bill to make provision extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds; to make provision about the registration of voters; to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, referendums and recall petitions; to make provision about election agents’ addresses; to make provision about political expenditure and political donations; to make provision about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; to make provision about offences and civil sanctions in connection with elections, referendums and recall petitions and with donations and expenditure for political purposes; to make provision about the disclosure of information by the Electoral Commission; to make provision about the disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices, and their sentencing, where offences are aggravated by hostility towards persons involved in elections, referendums or recall petitions or holders of such offices; and for connected purposes.
Legislative progress
Commons
12 Feb 2026
1st reading
Commons
2 Mar 2026
2nd reading
Commons
2 Mar 2026
Programme motion
Commons
2 Mar 2026
Money resolution
Commons
2 Mar 2026
Carry-over motion
Commons
18 Mar 2026
Committee stage
Commons
Report stage
Bill documents
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Bill Commons 12 Feb 2026Bill 384 2024-26 (as introduced)
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Explanatory Notes Commons 12 Feb 2026Bill 384 EN 2024-26
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Bill Commons 12 Feb 2026Bill 384 2024-26 (as introduced) - large print
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Explanatory Notes Commons 12 Feb 2026Bill 384 EN 2024-26 - large print
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Bill Commons 12 Feb 2026Bill 384 2024-26 (as introduced) - xml download
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Delegated Powers Memorandum Commons 12 Feb 2026Delegated Powers Memorandum from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 12 Feb 2026Impact assessment from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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Human rights memorandum Commons 12 Feb 2026ECHR Memorandum for the Representation of the People Bill
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Briefing papers Commons 25 Feb 2026Representation of the People Bill 2024-26
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Amendment Paper Commons 3 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 3 March 2026
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Press notices Commons 3 Mar 2026Representation of the People Bill: call for evidence
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Amendment Paper Commons 4 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 4 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 5 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 5 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 6 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 6 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 9 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 9 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 10 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 11 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 11 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 12 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 12 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 13 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 13 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 16 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 16 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 17 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 18 Mar 2026Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 18 March 2026
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Online Safety Act Network (RPB01)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Marcus J Ball, Private Prosecutor & Legal Reform Campaigner, ExecProsec (RPB02)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Dr Ben Stanford (RPB03)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Elect Her (RPB04)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Migrant Democracy Project (MDP) (RPB05)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by The Jo Cox Foundation (RPB06)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Marie Bosnjak (RPB07)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Dr Sam Power, University of Bristol (RPB08)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Campaign for Compulsory Voting (RPB09)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Open Britain (RPB10)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Politics in Action (RPB11)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Electoral Reform Society (RPB12)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Professor Toby S. James, University of East Anglia and Electoral Integrity Project (RPB13)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by 50:50 Parliament and Centenary Action (joint submission) (RPB14)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (RPB15)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by a coalition of civil society organisations (joint submission) (RPB16)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Spotlight on Corruption (RPB17)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Full Fact (RPB18)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Electoral Psychology Observatory (EPO), at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (RPB19)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Unlock Democracy (RPB20)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) (RPB21)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Reform Political Advertising (RPB22)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Alan Renwick (RPB23)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) (RPB24)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Further written evidence submitted by Elect Her (RPB25)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Electoral Management Board for Scotland (EMB) (RPB26)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Internet Matters (RPB27)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Generation Rent (RPB28)
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Written evidence Commons 18 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Labour International CLP (RPB29)
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 19 Mar 2026Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for debate in Committee
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Amendment Paper Commons 19 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 19 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 20 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 20 March 2026
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 24 Mar 2026Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for debate in Committee
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Amendment Paper Commons 24 Mar 2026Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 24 March 2026
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Written evidence Commons 24 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Belfast City Youth Council (RPB30)
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Written evidence Commons 24 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by Transparency International UK (RPB31)
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Written evidence Commons 24 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by the Scottish Assessors' Association (RPB32)
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Written evidence Commons 24 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Edward Jackson (RPB33)
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Written evidence Commons 24 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the Children's Commissioner (RPB34)
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Amendment Paper Commons 25 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 25 March 2026
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 26 Mar 2026Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for debate in Committee
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Amendment Paper Commons 26 Mar 2026Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 March 2026
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by Conservatives Abroad (RPB35)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by the Electoral Management Board for Scotland (EMB) (RPB36)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by the UK Democracy Fund (RPB37)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by The Politics Project (RPB38)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by Karen Jones FCIPD, DL, Chair, Electoral Management Board for Wales (RPB39)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) (RPB40)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Black Equity Organisation (BEO) (RPB41)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by the Local Government Association (LGA) (RPB42)
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Written evidence Commons 26 Mar 2026Written evidence submitted by Nicola Williamson (RPB43)
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Amendment Paper Commons 27 Mar 2026Notices of Amendments as at 27 March 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 10 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 10 April 2026
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 14 Apr 2026Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for debate in Committee - 14 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 14 Apr 2026Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 14 April 2026
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by Democracy Club (RPB44)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by the National Youth Agency (NYA) (RPB45)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by Alistair Ross, Senior Professor, et al (RPB46)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Supplementary written evidence submitted by Liberal Democrats Abroad (RPB47)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by Shout Out UK (RPB48)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by Professor Justin Fisher (RPB49)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Further written evidence submitted by the Children's Commissioner (RPB50)
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Written evidence Commons 14 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by Dr Sofia Collignon, Director of the Mile End Institute and Reader in Comparative Politics at Queen Mary University of London (RPB51)
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Amendment Paper Commons 15 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 15 April 2026
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 15 Apr 2026Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for debate in Committee - 16 April 2026
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 16 Apr 2026Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 16 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 16 Apr 2026Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 16 April 2026
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Written evidence Commons 16 Apr 2026Further written evidence submitted by Open Britain (RPB52)
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Written evidence Commons 16 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by the Association of Colleges (RPB53)
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Written evidence Commons 16 Apr 2026Written evidence submitted by the Fairness Foundation (RPB54)
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Amendment Paper Commons 20 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 20 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 20 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 20 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 21 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 21 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 21 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 21 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 22 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 22 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 22 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 22 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 23 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 23 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 23 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 23 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 24 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 24 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 24 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 24 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 27 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 27 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 27 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 27 April 2026 - large print
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Bill Commons 27 Apr 2026Bill 418 2024-26 (as amended in Committee)
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Bill Commons 27 Apr 2026Bill 418 2024-26 (as amended in Committee) - xml
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Bill Commons 27 Apr 2026Bill 418 2024-26 (as amended in Committee) - large print
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Bill Commons 27 Apr 2026Bill 418 2024-26 (as amended in Committee) - HTML
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Amendment Paper Commons 28 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 28 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 28 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 28 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 29 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 29 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 29 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 29 April 2026 - large print
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Amendment Paper Commons 30 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 30 April 2026
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Amendment Paper Commons 30 Apr 2026Notices of Amendments as at 30 April 2026 - large print
Chamber debates
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Hansard 2 Mar 2026
Committee debates
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Hansard 16 Apr 2026
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