Guidance for Returning Officers administering Local Government Elections in England

Election agents may also appoint sub-agents to act on their behalf in any part of the combined authority area.1  

Notification of any sub-agent appointment must be made to the CARO by the fifth working day before the poll.2  

Upon notification of a sub-agent’s name and address, the CARO must publish a notice setting out those details, the name of the candidate, and the part of the combined authority area within which the sub-agent is appointed to act, as soon as possible.3  

The CARO should provide you, as local RO, with a copy of the notice and you should publish that within your area. 

The CARO must update the notice if any sub-agent’s appointment is revoked, or a sub-agent dies, with the new agent’s details published on a revised version.4 The CARO should provide you with a copy of any updated notice, which you should then publish in your area.