delivered by hand or by post to the place for the delivery of nomination papers
delivered by 4pm, 23 working days before the poll
There are no restrictions on who can deliver the notice of withdrawal.
The details of any constituency or individual regional candidates who by the deadline for withdrawals remain validly nominated must be printed on the ballot papers.3
If a candidate has not withdrawn by the deadline, their name must go forward to the ballot paper.
A party’s Nominating Officer (or someone authorised to act on their behalf) can withdraw the candidature of any or all of the candidates included in a regional party list. For this to be effective the withdrawal notice signed by the Nominating Officer (or someone authorised to act on their behalf) and attested by one witness must be delivered by 4pm, 23 working days before the poll.4
The notice must be delivered by hand or by post to the place for the delivery of nomination papers. There are no restrictions on who can deliver the notice of withdrawal.
Where you receive a withdrawal notice you must delete the name and address of the candidate or candidates from the party list.5
Withdrawal notices are not prescribed in legislation. We have produced template withdrawal that you could give to any candidate or party who requests one.
You can find the withdrawal notice in the nominations section of our resource page.