Transport of the agent, volunteers and campaigners
Examples include the costs of transporting volunteers or other campaigners to, from or around the electoral area, where they are campaigning on behalf of the candidate. These transport costs can include:
buying or reimbursing tickets for any transport
hiring vehicles
purchasing fuel or charging an electric vehicle
parking costs
It includes the cost of providing transport for the agent where this is paid by or reimbursed by the candidate or another third party.
Transport of the candidate
‘Personal expenses’ include the reasonable travelling expenses of the candidate in relation to the election.
Where a transport cost is a personal expense for the candidate, this does not count towards their spending limit. It must be recorded as a personal expense in the spending return. See Personal expenses for more information.
Transport to an event
It includes the cost of transporting attendees to an event promoting the candidate where that cost is reimbursed or paid for by the candidate or another third party.
Transport that is promoting the candidate
It also includes the costs of using, or hiring, any vehicle or form of transport that displays material promoting the candidate, including:
• design and application of the design to the vehicle or form of transport • driving or moving a vehicle around a specific electoral area • parking fees
Costs that are excluded
The following costs are not reportable:
where transport costs are paid for by the individual who used it and not reimbursed
where transport is provided by another individual, the means of transport was acquired by that individual for their own personal use and the candidate is not charged for the use of it
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For example, a volunteer uses their own car to drive themselves and other volunteers around the electoral area when campaigning. This does not count as candidate spending.