The spending limit for the regulated period is £960, plus 8p per local government elector in the ward registered to vote on the last day for publication of the notice of election in the ward which you are standing for.1
Your local electoral registration officer will be able to give you the number of registered electors in the local authority in which you are standing.
Example A
Example A
If there are 7,500 electors in a ward, the spending limit is:
£960 + (7,500 x 0.08) = £1,560
Your local electoral registration officer will be able to give you the number of electors in the ward.
Spending limits for ‘joint candidates’
Spending limits for ‘joint candidates’
You are a joint candidate if you stand in the same ward and one of the following conditions applies:
However, using the same campaign rooms by accident or coincidence is not in itself enough to make candidates joint candidates.3
Joint candidates have lower spending limits, as they are sharing some of the costs. You should calculate your spending limit as explained above, and then reduce it by:
If you are not sure if you are a joint candidate, please contact us.
Example B
Example B
Two candidates standing in the same ward decide to issue joint campaign material. This makes them joint candidates. There are 7,500 electors in the ward in which they are standing.
To calculate each joint candidate’s spending limit, first calculate the spending limit for a single candidate:
£960 + (7,500 x 0.08) = £1,560
Then calculate 25% of this amount:
£1,560 × (25 ÷ 100) = £390
Take this amount off the spending limit for a single candidate:
£1,560 - £390 = £1170
This is the spending limit for each of the two joint candidates.