Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Greater London Authority elections

Types of candidates

There are four types of candidates in the elections to the Greater London Authority.

The different types of candidates have different spending limits, reporting deadlines, and may have different regulated periods. You should read this guidance carefully to ensure that you understand your reporting obligations.

Mayor of London

  • Candidates for Mayor of London stand across the whole of London. You may represent a party or stand as an independent.

London Assembly

  • Constituency candidates stand in one of the 14 constituency seats in London. You may represent a party or stand as an independent.
  • Independent candidates for a London-wide seat stand across the whole of London. There are 11 London-wide seats on the London Assembly.
  • Candidates standing on a party list for a London-wide seat also stand across the whole of London. A party can name up to 25 candidates on the list.

There is one spending limit for all the candidates standing on the party list, and the party list as a whole has a single election agent.

Spending on promoting any candidate on the list counts towards the spending total for the list as a whole.

Any spending which promotes the party in general in the Greater London Authority elections also counts towards the spending total for the party list.

Last updated: 1 February 2024