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Political parties' financial accounts for 2012

Parties' financial accounts We have published the financial accounts of UK political parties with income and expenditure of £250,000 or less in 2012. A total of 311 parties in the UK reported gross income and total expenditure of £250,000 or less.

View the accounts | Read our news release 

Performance standards for EROs

Performance standards at the 2010 UK general electionElectoral Registration Officers face a number of challenges in the run up to IER. Our consultation seeks views on standards designed to support EROs in this work. We have also published our report on ERO performance in 2012.

Read more about our consultation and report 


Perceptions of electoral fraud

Our research shows that voters are still concerned about electoral fraud. We are asking for views on a number of changes to identify possible opportunities to improve confidence in the security of the UK electoral process.

Find out more on our review here


Guidance for the 2013 elections

Our guidance for the 2 May 2013 local elections includes the guidance and forms you may need to complete following the declaration of results.

Guidance for candidates and agents | Guidance for electoral administrators


User guides for maintaining your party online

Parties can create and submit statutory returns entirely online using PEF Online, as well as complete and pay for their annual renewal online. To help parties and party officers use PEF Online, we have developed some user guides to help them complete these returns.

Access the user guides in the guidance for parties