Guidance for Petition Officers

No later than the third working day after receiving the Speaker’s notice, you must give public notice of:

• the number of people entitled to sign the petition
• the number of people who would need to sign the petition for it to be successful1  

You must post the notice in a conspicuous place or places within the constituency and in any other such manner as you see fit.2   You should ensure that notice is given in a way that is easily accessible to voters, such as through the local authority website.

You must republish this information on the first day of the signing period, incorporating any additions or deletions given effect to by a notice of alteration.

More information about alterations which have effect on or by the cut-off date, and alterations due to court orders and clerical errors, is given in compiling the petition register and publishing the petition register.