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This page contains our guidance and resources for candidates, agents and parties submitting lists of candidates at the European Parliamentary election on 22 May 2014 in Great Britain.
An overview document gives instructions on how to use this guidance and who does what at these elections. Read the Overview (PDF) >
Our Introduction to being a candidate (PDF) gives a general introduction to being a candidate, and where to go for more information.
We have noticed that the form that we initially provided for this purpose needed amending to fully meet the legal requirements. We have now published the revised form. It contains a worksheet to enable candidates to meet the requirement to provide details of each item of expenditure they have incurred, and also reflects the fact that the return relates only to personal expenses incurred by the candidate. The revised form also includes an explanatory note outlining the requirements in more detail.
If you have already downloaded the previous form, please discard it and use the current version, which is available here.
Update to Part 5 of the guidance and the election timetable
We have amended Part 5 of the guidance and the election timetable to reflect the new earliest time for sharing and declaring the European Parliamentary election results. The new time is 10pm on Sunday 25 May rather than the previously stated 9pm.
This change results from a change in the close of poll time by an EU member state. All polls across member states must have closed before any provisional local totals can be made public or shared with candidates and before the result can be declared.
Read our updated log of changes to our guidance (DOC)
Updates to the election timetable and parts 2a/2b, 3, 4 and 5 of the guidance – South West electoral region only
Today we have re-published our election timetable and parts 2a/2b, 3, 4 and 5 of our guidance to reflect the revised deadlines in the South West electoral region as a result of a bank holiday in Gibraltar on 1 May 2014.
If you are standing in the South West electoral region and have already downloaded a copy of the guidance, please make sure you have the most up-to-date version. Anyone standing in a region other than the South West is unaffected by these changes.
RRO contact details (DOC)
Standing as an individual candidate
Completing and submitting nomination papers
Appointing an election agent and other agents
Part 2a: Standing as an individual candidate (PDF)
Click here to view resources for Part 2a: Standing as an individual candidate
Nomination pack - individual candidates - must be printed off (DOC)
Standing as a candidate included on a party list
Click here to view resources for Part 2b: Standing as a candidate included on a party list
Nomination pack - party lists - must be printed off (DOC)
Spending and donations for individual candidates
Part 3: Spending and donations for individual candidates (PDF)
Click here to view resources for Part 3: Spending and donations for individual candidates
Return of individual candidate spending (PDF)
Explanatory notes: Return of individual candidate spending (PDF)
Permissibility rules for candidates and parties contesting European Parliamentary elections in the combined region (PDF)
Declaration as to election expenses: individual candidate's agent (PDF)
Declaration as to election expenses - individual candidate (PDF)
Declaration as to election expenses: candidates acting as their own agent) (PDF)
Return as to personal expenses: party list candidate (PDF)
Freepost on one election communication
Attending the count and the collation of local totals and what to expect at these proceedings
Secrecy requirements - postal voting - Wales (DOC)
Secrecy requirements - the poll - Wales (DOC)
Secrecy requirements - the verification and count (DOC)
Secrecy requirements - the verification and count - Wales (DOC)