Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Greater London Authority elections

The nomination paper must be accompanied by a home address form for each candidate included on the party list.

The home address form for each candidate must state:1

• their full name 
• their home address in full
• their qualifying address, or, where they have declared on their consent to nomination that they meet more than one qualification, their qualifying addresses
• which of the qualifications their qualifying address or addresses relate to
• the full name and the home address in full of the witness to their consent to nomination form

Their home address:

• must be completed in full
• must not contain abbreviations
• must be their current home address 
• must not be a business address (unless they run a business from their home)

The qualifying address:2

Where the candidate has selected one of the following options on the consent to nomination they must state:

• option (a) on the consent to nomination - the address in full where they are registered as a local government elector for Greater London
• option (b) on the consent to nomination - a description and the address of that land or premises in Greater London which they have occupied as owner or tenant
• option (c) on the consent to nomination - the address of their place of work in Greater London
• option (d) on the consent to nomination - the address or addresses in Greater London in full of where they have resided

Choosing not to publish their home address

The candidate may choose for their home address not to be published on the statement of persons nominated or the ballot paper. 

In this case the home address form must contain, as well as the candidate’s full name and home address:3

• a statement, signed by the candidate, which states that they require their home address not to be made public
• the name of the relevant area in which their home address is situated (if their home address is in the UK)
• if the candidate lives outside the UK, the name of the country in which their home address is situated

If the party, or someone authorised on their behalf, does not appoint an election agent; the first named candidate on the party list becomes the election agent. If this is the case, that candidate’s home address as provided on the home address form will still be published on the notice of election agents.4 This is the case even where that candidate has chosen to withhold their home address from the statement of persons nominated and ballot paper.

What is the relevant area?

The relevant area means:

• For home addresses in England:
  • if the address is within a district for which there is a district council, that district;
  • if the address is within a county in which there are no districts with councils, that county;
  • if the address is within a London borough, that London borough;
  • if the address is within the City of London (including the Inner and Middle Temples), the City of London; and
  • if the address is within the Isles of Scilly, the Isles of Scilly
• For home addresses in Wales:
  • if the address is within a county, that county;
  • if the address is within a county borough, that county borough
• For home addresses in Scotland:
  • the local government area in which the address is situated
• For home addresses in Northern Ireland:
  • the local government district in which the address is situated