Guidance for Candidates at Parish council elections in England Share on Email Print this page Print full guidance You are in the Who can attend the count? section Guidance for Candidates at Parish council elections in England Verification and count Who can attend the count? Duty to maintain secrecy Anyone attending the count has a duty to maintain the secrecy of the count.1 In particular, anyone attending must not: ascertain or attempt to ascertain number or other unique identifying mark on the back of any ballot paper communicate any information obtained at the count as to the candidate for whom any vote is given on any particular ballot paper 1. S.66 Representation of the People Act 1983 ↩ Back to content at footnote 1 Last updated: 23 April 2024 Book traversal links for Duty to maintain secrecy Appointing your counting agents How the votes will be counted