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Performance standards for Electoral Registration Officers

Great Britain's electoral registers reportElectoral 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

Polling stationOur 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

Latest donations and borrowing figures

Eleven political parties registered in Great Britain reported accepting almost £9.1 million in donations between 1 January and 31 March 2013, almost £1.7 million (23%) more than the last three months of 2012.

View the figures | Read the news release


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