We have issued a variety of materials to promote the integrity of elections and assist in the prevention and detection of malpractice, in collaboration with a variety of partners.
Guidance for police in England and Wales
This is joint guidance produced with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to police forces in England and Wales:
- Preventing and detecting electoral malpractice (England and Wales edition) (PDF)
- Preventing and detecting electoral malpractice (London edition) (PDF)
- Policing elections in England and Wales (pocket guide - English version) (PDF)
- Policing elections in England and Wales (pocket guide - Welsh version) (PDF)
Guidance for police in Scotland
This is joint guidance produced with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) to police forces in Scotland:
- Preventing and detecting electoral malpractice (Scotland edition) (PDF)
- Policing elections in Scotland (pocket guide) (PDF)
Guidance on handling of postal votes
- Postal vote code of conduct for England and Wales (PDF)
- Postal vote code of conduct for Wales in Welsh (PDF)
- Postal vote code of conduct for Scotland (PDF)
- Quick guide for party workers (PDF)
- Quick guide for party workers (Welsh) (PDF)
- Quick guide for Royal Mail drivers and delivery staff in Wales (PDF)
- Quick guide for Royal Mail drivers and delivery staff in Wales (Welsh) (PDF)
Allegations of electoral malpractice recorded by PNICC
The following documents provide summary statistics on allegations of electoral malpractice recorded by the Police National Information and Co-ordination Centre (PNICC) in 2008. It is not analogous to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) file data (PDF) we have previously published, in that it reflects allegations made to police forces. The analysis examines the extent and nature of allegations reported by police forces across England and Wales relating to elections in May 2008.
- Headline comments (PDF)
- Analysis (PDF)
- Matrix on which the returns have been recorded (PDF)
Past analyses
