Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Combined Authority Mayoral elections

It is your responsibility to ensure that your nomination papers, including the nomination form, the home address form and consent to nomination, and if you are standing on behalf of a party, the certificate of authorisation and emblem request form, are delivered to the place specified on the notice of election by 4pm on the 19 working days before the poll.1 If you are appointing an election agent, you will also need to submit their appointment form by this deadline.

We recommend that you, your agent, or someone you trust delivers them, so you can be sure they are delivered to the CARO in time.

If you are your own election agent, you can appoint one other person to attend the delivery of nomination papers and make objections.

You should contact the CARO as soon as possible to find out what arrangements are in place for submitting nomination papers. You will be able to contact the CARO via your local elections office. Contact details can be obtained from our website https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter.