{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-231",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-231.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/52",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992",
  "path": "section/231",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "231",
  "heading": "Information as to result of ballot.",
  "text": "As soon as is reasonably practicable after the holding of the ballot, the trade union shall take such steps as are reasonably necessary to ensure that all persons entitled to vote in the ballot are told—\n(a) the number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot,\n(b) the number of votes cast in the ballot,\n(c) the number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question, or as the case may be, to each question,\n(d) the number of individuals answering “No” to the question, or as the case may be, to each question,\n(e) the number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned and electronic voting forms submitted, and\n(f) whether or not the number of votes cast in the ballot is at least 50% of the number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot, ...\n(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 231 substituted (1.3.2017) by Trade Union Act 2016 (c. 15), ss. 6(1), 25(1) (with s. 6(2)); S.I. 2017/139, reg. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 231(e) inserted (25.8.2026) by The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(12)(a) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 231(e) inserted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 69(3)(a), 159(2)(f) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2026/3, Sch. 2 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 231(g) and word omitted (18.2.2026) by virtue of Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 69(3)(b), 159(2)(f) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2026/3, Sch. 2 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 231 applied (14.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1828, art. 2(5)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/881",
      "affecting_title": "The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/231",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:34.194369+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}