The Commission is headed by 10 Commissioners. We are supported by a Chief Executive, an Executive team and an employee workforce of around 140.
Commissioners
Our 10 Commissioners lead our strategy and set our priorities. They are independent of political parties - though our four recently appointed Commissioners bring direct experience in political parties - and are accountable directly to Parliament.
Our Commissioners meet on a monthly basis to discuss and review the way we deliver our strategy and priorities. These meetings are attended by all Commissioners and our Executive team.
Executive team
Our day-to-day operations are managed by a team of executives led by the Chief Executive to implement our strategy successfully.
Our people and offices
We are divided into five main directorates:
- Party and Election Finance
- Electoral Administration (including our English regional offices and our offices in Northern Ireland and Wales)
- Communications (including our office in Scotland)
- Finance and Corporate Services
- Deputy Chief Executive's Directorate
Our organisational chart (PDF 138KB) details our structure
Our head office is in London and we have offices in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We also have offices in York, Exeter and Coventry, with responsibilities for the North of England, South West England and the Midlands respectively. In addition we set up a South of England office within our London offices.
Information about pay and resources
We are committed to transparency. As part of this commitment, and as a publicly-funded body, we are acting in accordance with the Government’s approach to transparency and we are publishing salary details for all those who earn over £58,200, which is the Government’s guideline. We are also publishing details of monthly payments to suppliers over £25,000, as well as consultancy contracts over £20,000 and public awareness contracts over £25,000, both of which will be published on a quarterly basis.
- Commission salary details over £58,200 (PDF)
- Commission monthly payments to suppliers over £25,000 (PDF)
- Commission consultancy contracts over £20,000 (PDF)
- Commission public awareness contracts over £25,000 (PDF)
We already publish in our annual reports details of the Chair and Executive team pay. View our annual reports here.
Updates
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Changes introduced by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
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From 1 April 2010 responsibility for setting local government boundaries transferred to the new independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), removing the function of the Boundary Committee for England from the Electoral Commission.
- Changes brought about by the Political Parties and Elections Act
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In July 2009, the Political Parties and Elections Act became law. The Act brings in some useful changes to the make up of the Commission, reducing the restriction on political activity for most staff from 10 year to one year and so enabling us to employ staff with more recent direct involvement in party politics.
The Act also introduces four new Commissioners who will be nominated by political parties in the House of Commons. Nominated Commissioners will bring their first hand experience and understanding of political parties and we look forward to working with them. For all other Commissioners, the time ban from being actively involved in politics to being a Commissioner is reduced from 10 years to five.
