Guidance for the GLRO administering the GLA elections

All candidates, including those on a party list, are required to complete a home address form,1 which must be delivered by hand with the nomination paper, by the close of nominations. The form is not prescribed but the information that needs to be provided is set out in law. 

On the home address form the candidate must state: 

• their full name 
• the home address in full 
• their qualifying address, or, where they have declared on their consent to nomination that they meet more than one qualification, their qualifying addresses
• which of the qualifications their qualifying address or addresses relate to
• the full name and the home address in full of the witness to the consent to nomination form

The candidate’s home address: 

• must be completed in full 
• must not contain abbreviations 
• must be the candidate’s current home address 
• must not be a business address (unless the candidate runs a business from their home) 

If any detail of the home address is wrong or omitted, the nomination is not automatically invalid if the description of the place is such as to be commonly understood.

Candidates who don’t want their home address to be published

A candidate may choose for their home address not to be published on the statement of persons nominated. 

In this case the home address form must contain, as well as the full name and home address:2

• a statement, signed by the candidate, which states that they require their home address not to be made public 
• if their home address is in the UK, the name of the relevant area in which their home address is situated 
• if their home address is outside of the UK, the name of the country in which their home address is situated 

If by the close of nominations more than one validly nominated candidate has asked for their home address not to be published, you must consider if two or more of them have the same or so similar a name that they are likely to cause confusion. If you consider that this is the case, you may add such details from their home address or nomination form to the statement of persons nominated as you consider appropriate to reduce the likelihood of confusion.3  

Before you make a decision on which details should be included, if it is practicable to do so, you must consult the candidate(s) affected.4  You must then give notice in writing to the affected candidate(s) informing them of the additional information that will be published.

Meaning of qualifying address and relevant area

Qualifying address means:

• where the candidate has selected option (a) on the consent to nomination, the address in full where they are registered as a local government elector for Greater London
• where the candidate has selected option (b) on the consent to nomination, a description and the address of that land or premises in Greater London which they have occupied as owner or tenant
• where candidate has selected option (c) on the consent to nomination, the address of their place of work in Greater London
• where the candidate has selected option (d) on the consent to nomination, the address or addresses in Greater London of where they have resided

Relevant area means:

For home addresses in England:

• if the address is within a district for which there is a district council, that district;
• if the address is within a county in which there are no districts with councils, that county;
• if the address is within a London borough, that London borough;
• if the address is within the City of London (including the Inner and Middle Temples), the City of London; and
• if the address is within the Isles of Scilly, the Isles of Scilly. 

For home addresses in Wales:

• if the address is within a county, that county;
• if the address is within a county borough, that county borough.

For home addresses in Scotland:

• the local government area in which the address is situated.

 For home addresses in Northern Ireland:

• the local government district in which the address is situated.