Candidate imprints: Scottish Parliamentary elections and council elections in Scotland

For the candidate’s own material, the promoter will usually be the agent. The person on whose behalf the material is being published will usually be the candidate.

An imprint on printed candidate campaign material should look like this:

• Printed by [printer’s name and address].         
• Promoted by [agent’s name and address], on behalf of [candidate’s name and address]. 

For example:

Printed by Armadillo Printing Ltd, 22 Thornfields Avenue, Glasgow, G9 1AB. 

Promoted by John Smith, 110 High Street, Airdrie, AD1 1AD on behalf of Jane Smith of 112 High Street, Airdrie, AD1 1AD.

or where you are using an office address:

Printed by Armadillo Printing Ltd, 22 Thornfields Avenue, Glasgow, G9 1AB.

Promoted by John Smith, on behalf of Jane Smith of 112 High Street, Airdrie, AD1 1AD.

If the material is digital there is no printer, so a digital imprint on candidate campaign material should look like this:

Promoted by John Smith, on behalf of Jane Smith, both of 112 High Street, Airdrie, AD1 1AD.

Where the candidate is also the promoter of the material, the ‘on behalf of’ part of the imprint is not required. This may happen when a candidate is their own agent.

For example:

Printed by Armadillo Printing Ltd, 22 Thornfields Avenue, Glasgow, G9 1AB. 

Promoted by Jane Smith of 112 High Street, Airdrie, AD1 1AD

If the candidate also prints leaflets using their own printer, the imprint should look like this:

Printed and promoted by Jane Smith of 112 High Street, Airdrie, AD1 1AD.