Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Senedd elections

Each party list candidate must include a statement of party membership on their consent to nomination.1 It must state whether the candidate has been a member of any registered political party, other than the one for which they are standing, at any time during the relevant period.2

The relevant period means a period of 12 months ending with the day on which the notice of election is published.3

If the candidate has been a member of one or more registered political parties within the relevant period, other than the one for which they are standing, they must include on the statement:4

• the name(s) of any other registered political party(ies) they have been a member of
• the dates during the relevant period they have been a member of the other party(ies). 

It is an offence to knowingly fail to include a statement of party membership with a consent to nomination paper.5  

The information provided on the statement of party membership will be included on the statement of parties and persons nominated and will be published by the Returning Officer.6