There is no right of objection to a nomination at the constituency election.
You must keep nomination papers securely stored and allow inspection of the nomination papers (excluding the home address form) by any member of the public, during office hours on any working day from 24 hours after the close of nominations up to and including the day before polling day.1
Anyone inspecting the nomination forms may also take copies. The nomination papers available for inspection are:
the nomination form
the consent to nomination
any agent appointment form
any requests for an emblem
After the deadline for inspection of nomination papers has passed, you should securely store them for one year after the election due to the time limit for prosecution in case of an election petition.
Nomination forms and consent to nomination forms relating to the Mayoral and London-wide Assembly Member elections will be available for inspection at the office of the GLRO at City Hall.
Inspection of home address forms
Only certain people are entitled to inspect home address forms.
These people are:
any person standing nominated as a candidate in the same electoral area
the election agent of any candidate standing nominated in the same electoral area (or, if the candidate is acting as their own agent, any person nominated by them)
You must not permit any other inspection unless the purpose is authorised by law.2
For example, the police have the power to inspect certain documents under specific circumstances. In these cases, the requestor should inform you of the relevant legislative provision which authorises inspection, so that you can be satisfied that, in allowing access, you are complying with the access restrictions.
Home address forms should be kept securely and are only made available for inspection during office hours on any working day in the period starting 24 hours after the latest time for the delivery of nomination papers up to and including the day before polling day.
Home address forms should be inspected under supervision. Taking extracts of the home address form, or copies of them, is not permitted.3
Once the inspection period has passed, the home address forms are not open to inspection.
Home address forms must be kept securely stored for a period of 35 working days after the result has been declared. They must be securely destroyed on the next working day after the 35 working day period.
If an election petition relating to the election is presented within the 35 working days, the home address forms must be kept securely until the conclusion of the petition proceedings, including any appeal from such proceedings.
Home address forms must be securely destroyed as soon as is practicable following the conclusion of the proceedings or appeal.