Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Senedd elections

This guidance aims to provide practical advice for political parties, party list candidates and individual candidates who want to stand at Senedd elections, as well as anyone who wants to be an election agent.

Standing for election can be complicated, but we hope that our guidance will make it as straightforward as possible.

We have included relevant factual material as well as links to sources of further information. Each section includes a number of forms and resources, which can be directly accessed via links in the text.  

You can find out more in how to use our guidance.  

Election timetable

We will publish a specific timetable for the Senedd election which will be made available on our website.

Data protection

Please note that data protection legislation applies to the processing of all personal data. Please contact the Information Commissioner's Office (Opens in new window) for further information about how the current data protection legislation affects you.

Terms and expressions we use

We use must when we refer to a specific requirement. We use should for items we consider to be minimum good practice, but which are not legal or regulatory requirements.

We use you to cover the Nominating officer, party list and individual candidates and agents in this guidance. Individual candidates are candidates who are not included on a party list. Where our guidance only applies to a particular role, this will be specifically stated.  

When we talk about donations, we use you to refer to the person who is responsible at the time for dealing with donations.