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

Any requests to inspect or for supply of the marked register, marked absent voting lists and documentation relating to the elections must be made in writing. Full guidance on this requirement is found in our ERO guidance.

You can find the full list of documents open to inspection  from postal vote opening sessions, polling stations and the count in our guidance on sealing and retaining election documents. 

As nomination papers and the home address form are not available for inspection after the elections, our guidance on nominations provides further information on the inspection of local government elections nominations papers and home address form. 

The PARO will retain the nomination papers and the home address forms and will not forward these to the ERO after the election. These documents are also not open for inspection after the election.