Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Greater London Authority elections

Candidates on a party list must each formally consent to their nomination in writing.1

The content of the consent to nomination form is fixed by law and you must return the entire form in order for your nomination to be valid.

On the form candidates will be asked to state that they are qualified and not disqualified from standing. 

Candidates must meet at least one of the qualifications to stand for election.2 On the consent to nomination form they should state as many of the qualifications as apply.  

Candidates must also state their date of birth.3  

Candidates are not allowed to sign the consent form earlier than one calendar month before the deadline for submitting nomination papers.4

The signature must be witnessed and the witness must attest the form.5   

The witness’s full name and home address in full must be provided on the home address form.6

There are no restrictions on who can be a witness to the consent to nomination.

While the absence of a consent to nomination for a candidate on the party list does not invalidate a party list’s nomination, if a consent form for a particular candidate on the list is not submitted by 4pm on the twenty-fourth working day before the poll, the GLRO will remove the person from the list.