What happens to the record of assets and liabilities after you submit your party registration application?
After you submit the record of assets and liabilities, we will process and assess this as part of your application to register a political party. We will then make a decision on whether your application as a whole satisfies the requirements set out in Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), and can be approved.
We will consider your record alongside the evidence provided in your application. In some cases, we may request that you provide us with further information as part of our assessment.
It is important that you ensure your declaration and the information you provide in the record is accurate and complete, to the best of your knowledge. It is an offence to make a false statement knowingly or recklessly.
It is your responsibility to determine the details of your application, and to ensure that your application and record of assets and liabilities comply with the requirements of PPERA. If the record of assets and liabilities does not satisfy the requirements, the party cannot be registered.
The Electoral Commission is legally required to make a copy of each registered party’s record available for public inspection. Once a party is registered, we will publish the record of assets and liabilities on our public register of political parties alongside the party details. Each record will be available on the register for six years. We will not publish any personal information, such as home addresses, personal email addresses, phone numbers and bank details.