You must send copies of election spending returns and declarations to the Electoral Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the return or declaration is received.1
Copies of spending returns and declarations should be emailed to: [email protected]
Alternatively, you can post these to:
Party and Election Finance The Electoral Commission City Chambers, High Street Edinburgh EH1 1YJ
Please also supply the following information to enable us to carry out our compliance duties:
electorate figures for each constituency or region used to calculate the candidates’ spending limit
the candidates’ spending limit provided to candidates, if applicable
a list of all candidates who stood for election, including their party and description (if any) and whether they were elected
confirmation of who has not delivered a return or declaration, has delivered an incomplete return, or has delivered a late return or declaration and what, if anything, you have already done about such cases
addresses of election agents for any candidates who failed to deliver returns
addresses of any candidates on a regional party list who have not completed their declaration
No later than 10 calendar days after the deadline for spending returns to be submitted, you must publicise the opportunity to inspect the spending returns and declarations (including the accompanying documents) in such manner as you see fit. This notification must also be sent to each election agent.2
If by the time the notice is published there are outstanding returns or declarations, this must be stated in the notice. If the returns/declarations are received subsequently, a revised notice must be published.3