Completing nomination papers (London-wide party list)
As the Nominating Officer of a registered political party you (or someone authorised to act on your behalf) may submit a list of up to 25 candidates.
The party must be registered on the Commission’s register of political parties and be listed as allowed to field candidates in England.
To contest the London-wide Assembly Member election, you or someone authorised to act on your behalf, needs to submit a completed set of nomination papers to the place fixed by the Greater London Returning Officer (GLRO) with a deposit of £5000 by 4pm, 24 working days before the poll.1
This deadline is set out in law and cannot be changed for any reason.
The start date from which you will be able to submit nomination papers, as well as the times and place for delivery, must be set out in the notice of election published by the GLRO.2
There are three nomination papers that you must submit to make the party list nomination valid:3
a statement signed by the person who has issued the nomination form declaring that the nomination form has been issued by the party’s Nominating Officer or someone authorised to act on their behalf
the name of the authorised description under which the registered party will stand for election
The party may also make a written request for one of the party’s emblems to appear on the ballot paper.4
For more information on the emblem request form, see our guidance on requests to use an emblem on the ballot paper.
You can obtain all of the relevant nomination papers from the GLRO. Contact details can be found here.
London Elects will offer informal checks of your completed nomination papers before you submit them. You will be able to book an appointment by contacting London Elects.
Note that any information you provide on the nomination papers must be true to the best of your knowledge (or to the best of the knowledge of the person authorised to act on your behalf). It is an offence to provide a false statement on your nomination papers.5
Providing a false statement could invalidate the election of candidates on the party’s list, and is also punishable by an unlimited fine and/or imprisonment.