Combined Guidance for Returning Officers at Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections in England

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Appointment of sub-agents

At Police and Crime Commissioner elections, election agents may appoint sub-agents to act for them in any part of the police area. 

Notification of any sub-agent appointment must be made to the PARO by the fifth working day before the poll.1  

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

The PARO will provide you, as LRO, with a copy of the notice and you must publish that within your voting area.  

The PARO must update and republish the notice if any sub agent’s appointment is revoked, or an agent dies. When this happens the PARO must provide you with a copy of the updated notice, and you must republish the notice of election agents in your voting area.2  

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

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

Upon notification of a sub-agent’s name and address, the CARO/CCARO 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/CCARO should provide you, as local RO, with a copy of the notice and you should publish that within your area. 

The CARO/CCARO 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/CCARO should provide you with a copy of any updated notice, which you should then publish in your area.

Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf: 14 Mawrth 2024