Local non-party campaigners can spend up to £700 on campaigning for or against a candidate in the constituency.1
This is known as the permitted sum. It applies once the candidate is officially a candidate.
You can find more information about polling dates and when people become candidates on our guidance pages for candidates and agents at UK Parliamentary general elections and UK Parliamentary by-elections. If you have been authorised to incur candidate spending, you should read our guidance for candidates and agents.
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 by the agent of the relevant candidate. The authorised spending will count as candidate spending and towards the candidate’s spending limit.2