Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Combined Authority Mayoral elections

A donation is money, goods, property or services which are given:

• towards your candidate spending
• without charge or on non-commercial terms1

and have a value of over £50.2  Anything with a value of £50 or less does not count as a donation.

The donation controls for candidates apply once you are officially a candidate.3

Some examples of donations include:

• a gift of money or other property
• payment of an invoice for candidate spending that would otherwise be paid by you
• a loan that is not on commercial terms
• sponsorship of an event or publication 
• free or specially discounted use of property or facilities, for example the free use of an office