Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Senedd election

Each party list and individual candidate must include a statement of party membership on their consent to nomination.1
  
It must state whether the candidate has been a member of any political party, other than the party on whose list they are standing (where appropriate), at any time during the relevant period.2
     
The relevant period is defined as the 12 months ending with the day on which the notice of election is published.3 If the candidate has been a member of one or more political parties within the relevant period, other than the one for which they are standing, they must include on the statement:4

• the name(s) of the other political party(ies) they have been a member of
• the dates during the relevant period they have been a member of the other political party(ties)

It is an offence for any candidate to knowingly fail to include a statement of party membership with their consent to nomination paper.5
  
The information provided on the statement of party membership will be included on the statement of parties and persons nominated and will be published by you.