Local non-party campaigners can spend up to £50 plus 0.5p per elector campaigning for or against a candidate in the electoral area in question. This is known as the permitted sum. It applies once the candidate is officially a candidate (see When does a person officially become a candidate?).
The number of electors is the number of electors registered to vote on the last day for publication of the notice of election in the electoral area in question.1
You should ask London Elects for the specific number of registered electors on this day to calculate your permitted sum.
Campaigns for or against a candidate for:
Permitted sum
Mayor of London
a London-wide London Assembly seat, including candidates on a party list
£50 plus 0.5p for each elector in the Greater London Authority area
a constituency member of the London Assembly
£50 plus 0.5p for each elector in the relevant constituency
You should keep a record of your spending, to make sure that you do not exceed the spending limit.
Any spending over these limits must be authorised in writing by the agent of the relevant candidate. The authorised spending will count as candidate spending and towards the candidate’s spending limit.2
1. Section 17 Greater London Authority Act 1999 and section 75(1ZZB) & (1ZA)(b) Representation of the People Act 1983 (RPA 1983)↩ Back to content at footnote 1