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General election campaign spending published30 Nov 2005 Further details are published today about spending by political parties and campaign groups at the 5 May UK Parliamentary election, in the registers section of The Electoral Commission's website www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Political parties and third parties whose combined expenditure for the June 2004 European Parliamentary election and May 2005 UK Parliamentary general election was over £250,000 were required to submit an expenditure return to The Electoral Commission within 6 months of the general election, by 4 November 2005. In 2004, the Commission published details of spending at the European Parliamentary election. Details of campaign spending by smaller parties at the general election were published in September 2005. Todays publication completes the picture of how much was spent campaigning during the elections. Political partiesNine registered political parties submitted expenditure reports as follows:
* Return published but awaiting auditors report. Third parties(i) Donations Third parties who received donations for the purpose of funding election campaigns were required to submit a return:
(ii) Expenditure Two third parties submitted expenditure reports:
/ends For further information contact: Maxine Hoeksma on 020 7271 0531 or Gemma Thomas on 020 7271 0527 Out of office hours 07789 920 414 press@electoralcommission.org.uk Notes to editors: 1. The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. Our mission is to foster public confidence and participation by promoting integrity, involvement and effectiveness in the democratic process. 2. The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (2000) states that campaign spending includes expenditure on party political broadcasts, advertising, material sent to electors, manifestos and other documents, market research, press conferences and dealings with the media, transport and rallies and other events. 3. 2005 was the first time that political parties and third parties contesting elections were subject to joint campaigning rules and regulations due to the overlapping regulated periods. Therefore, parties standing in both the June 2004 European and May 2005 Westminster Parliamentary elections had to submit a joint return covering both elections. 4. Political parties and third parties that had combined expenditure for the June 2004 European and May 2005 Westminster Parliamentary elections of more than £250,000 were required to submit their return within 6 months of the date of the election, by 4 November 2005 and include an auditors report. 5. The returns include details of parties who spent less than £250,000 at the UK Parliamentary general election but whose combined expenditure at the June 2004 European and May 2005 Westminster elections was over this sum. 6. In total, 120 registered political parties contested the 2005 UK Parliamentary elections and are required to submit a campaign expenditure return. Of these, 26 parties also contested the 2004 European Parliamentary election. The combined regulated period was from 11 February 2004 5 May 2005. 7. Full details of spending at the European Parliamentary election can be found on the registers section of the Commissions website www.electoralcommission.org.uk More information is also available in The 2004 European Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom Campaign spending published by the Commission in August 2005. 8. Details of donations to political parties during the second quarter of 2005 (from 1 April to 30 June 2005) were published in August 2005 and can be found on the registers section of the Commissions website www.electoralcommission.org.uk 9. Following a relevant election, third parties are required to submit a return to the Commission detailing donations made to them for the purpose of funding election campaigns. These returns should be submitted with the expenditure returns that third parties must submit following the election. 10. Unison is a trade union, funding election campaigns from its political fund and not through donations.
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