Elections to the European Parliament will take place on 4 June 2009. On this page we will bring together all of our planning materials and publications for these elections.
Please note: If you are not an electoral administrator and are looking for information about the electoral register or registering to vote, please visit www.aboutmyvote.co.uk.
Planning materials
All references to deadlines and timetables included in the materials below are based on draft legislation and should therefore not be seen as definitive.
- Preparing for a European Parliamentary election - Part B - Manual for Local Returning Officers (PDF)
- Preparing for a European Parliamentary election - Part B - Manual for Local Returning Officers (Welsh language version) (PDF)
- Election timetable (DOC)
- Project planner (DOC)
- Risk register (DOC)
- Royal Mail's postal voting best practice guide (PDF)
Products for the combined European and county elections in England
As the Local Returning Officer is not the same person as the County Returning Officer under legislation, the following products have been developed as if two different Returning Officers will in practice be involved in the combined European Parliamentary and county election. These cover the responsibilities of the County Returning Officer, including those duties relating to a European Parliamentary election that the combination rules require to be carried out by the County Returning Officer.
Many County Returning Officers will designate European Parliamentary Local Returning Officers as deputy county Returning Officers, which means that the same person will, in practice, be administering both polls. In that case, Local Returning Officers should use the following templates in conjunction with the above products for a stand-alone European Parliamentary election:
- Combined project planner for county ROs/ European Parliamentary LROs appointed as deputy county ROs (DOC)
- Combined risk register for county ROs/European Parliamentary LROs appointed as deputy county ROs (DOC)
