Candidates who are party members or holders of elective office
If you are a member of a registered political party or you already hold some relevant elected office, you need to follow rules about donations and loans to you that relate to your political activities before the regulated period. For instance, you may be given donations to help fund your campaign to be selected as a candidate. For elected office holders, campaigning for re-election is a political activity.
a member of any local authority in the UK, excluding parish or community councils
a member of the Greater London Assembly
the Mayor of London or any other elected mayor
a Police and Crime Commissioner
Party members or elected office holder may only accept donations or enter into loans of more than £500 from permissible sources.2
If you accept a donation or enter into a loan of more than £2,230 (or donations or loans from one source that in aggregate amount to more than £2,230), you must report it to us within 30 days of accepting the donation or entering into the loan.3
If you are elected, you will also be covered by these rules after you are elected.
You can find our guidance on these rules on our website.
If you hold one of these elected offices and intend to stand for local government, you should also make sure that neither office disqualifies you from holding the other.