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On 28 June 2011 we published the expenditure returns for the referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales which took place on 3 March 2011.
All permitted participants - or 'campaigners' - in a referendum are required to submit an expenditure return and all invoices or receipts for each item of expenditure of more than £200. The deadline for submission of expenditure returns for permitted participants that spent up to £250,000 was 3 June 2011. Please follow the link below to find out more about the rules for permitted participants:
On this page you will find a summary of the expenditure incurred by permitted participants with direct links to the returns and invoices.
Table 1: Total expenditure by referendum campaigners
The table below lists the total reportable expenditure of all permitted participants that campaigned prior to the referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales.
You can view the returns and invoices submitted by clicking on the relevant link. Personal information, bank accounts and party registration numbers have been redacted for security and data protection reasons.
Returns for permitted participants that reported no expenditure have not been published. Where a permitted participant reported expenditure but was not required to submit invoices, having not incurred an item of expenditure of more than £200, the invoices column reads 'N/A'.
Figures below are rounded to the nearest pound.
| Permitted Participant | Outcome |
Expenditure (£) |
Return |
Invoices |
| Aberavon Yes For Wales | Yes | 58 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Arfon le dros Gymru (Arfon Yes For Wales) | Yes | 706 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Bridgend and Ogmore Yes Campaign | Yes | 206 | Return (PDF) | N/A |
| Cardiff Says Yes (Caerdydd yn dweud le) | Yes | 1,065 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Cymru Yfory | Yes | 9,871 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| le dros Gymru Cyfyngedig (Yes for Wales Ltd) | Yes | 81,452 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| le Ynys Mon | Yes | 1,154 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Labour Party | Yes | 10,022 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Liberal Democrats | Yes | 7,199 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| March 3 is "Vote No Day" | No | 195 | Return (PDF) | N/A |
| Monmouthshire Says Yes | Yes | 555 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Mr David Alwyn ap Huw Humphreys | No | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Mr Mark William Beech | No | 15 | Return (PDF) | N/A |
| Mr Richard Wayne Jenkins | Yes | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Neath Says Yes | Yes | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales [The] | Yes | 9,357 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Rhondda Says Yes (Rhondda yn dweud le) | Yes | 170 | Return (PDF) | N/A |
| Torfaen says "Yes" | Yes | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| True Wales | No | 3,785 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| UNISON | Yes | 8,626 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Wales TUC Cymru | Yes | 4,919 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Yes for Wales Swansea (le Dros Gymru Abertawe) | Yes | 938 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
| Ymgyrch le yng Ngheredigion (Yes Campaign in Ceredigion) | Yes | 4,711 | Return (PDF) | Invoices (PDF) |
|
Total |
145,003 | |||
This information is also available to download, using the links below:
- National Assembly for Wales Referendum expenditure download (XLS)
- National Assembly for Wales Referendum expenditure download (PDF)
To view details of the individual return items which make up the total expenditure by each permitted participant, please visit our PEF Online Registers.
Chart 1: Expenditure by campaigners for each referendum outcome broken down by type of campaigner
This chart shows the total expenditure on campaigning for the Yes and No referendum outcomes by the respective campaigners. The total spend is broken down by the different types of registered campaigners.
Contact us
For any question or request, please contact the Party and Elections Finance Directorate by email (pef@electoralcommission.org.uk) or telephone (020 72710616).
