Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Scottish Parliament elections

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What doesn’t count as candidate spending?

  • payment of your election deposit1
  • anything (except adverts) appearing in a newspaper, periodical or on a licensed broadcast channel2
  • facilities you use because you are entitled to do so as a candidate, such as a public room for a meeting, or the free postage costs for an election address3
  • volunteer time including time spent by your staff that you do not pay them for4
  • use of someone’s main residence, provided free of charge5
  • use of someone’s personal car or other means of transport, acquired principally for that person’s personal use and provided free of charge6
  • use of someone’s computing or printing equipment acquired principally for that person’s personal use and provided free of charge7
Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf: 8 Hydref 2025