| Print full guidance

Decisions on objections

You should consider any objection that you receive during the allowed time for objections to be made.

You are only entitled to hold a nomination paper and home address form invalid on the 
following grounds:

  • the particulars of the candidate or the subscribers are not as required by law 
  • that the form is not subscribed as required

You should not undertake any investigation or hear any representations in support of or challenging any fact or statement given on the nomination form.

You should limit the objection process to the nomination form and the home address form. 

Where you decide that, as a result of an objection, a nomination you have already determined should have been ruled invalid, you must:

  • show on the statement of persons nominated that the candidate is no longer validly nominated 
  • the reason why they no longer stand nominated 

You should inform the candidate as appropriate.1  

For more information see section Determining a nomination is invalid.

Last updated: 29 March 2023