Submitted by Andrew Ashby on Friday 26th December 2025
Published on Friday 30th January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 30th July 2026
Current Signatures: 167
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Council ~ council tax ~ delayed ~ Democrats ~ Electing ~ Elections ~ Government MUST ~ Held ~ Human Rights ~ Human Rights Act ~ local ~ Local elections ~ Mandate ~ Postponed ~ Protocol ~ Regular ~ Reinstate ~ rights act ~ Tax ~ Voting
Suspend Council Tax collection in areas with delays to Local Elections
Local elections delayed in some UK areas leave councils operating without a renewed mandate. Residents should not be required to pay council tax to a council past its elected term. Government must suspend council tax collections in areas where elections are postponed & reinstate once a vote is held.
Local elections have been delayed in some areas, leaving councils without a renewed mandate. We ask the Government to suspend council tax in affected authorities until elections occur and a new council is formed. We believe these undermine democratic rights protected under the LGA 1972, LGFA 1992 and Article 3, Protocol 1 of the Human Rights Act, which requires free and regular elections.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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