Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Local Authority Mayoral elections in England

If you are given a donation on behalf of someone else, the person giving you the donation must tell you:

• that the donation is on behalf of someone else
• the actual donor’s details1

An example of this is where an event organiser is handing over the proceeds from a dinner held specifically to raise funds for your campaign.

If you have reason to believe that someone might have made a donation on behalf of someone else but has not told you, you must find out the facts so that you can make the right checks.

If you are uncertain who the actual donor is, you should record the donation and return it.

Please see How do you return a donation? for guidance on how to return a donation.