Non-party campaigners: Police and Crime Commissioner elections

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Spending limits

Local non-party campaigners can spend up to a ‘permitted sum’ in each police area during the regulated period on campaigning for or against candidate.1  Each police area has its own spending limit. It applies once the candidate is officially a candidate.

These limits are:2

Police areaSpending limitPolice areaSpending limit
Avon & Somerset£6,278Norfolk£3,392
Bedfordshire£2,347North Wales£2,674
Cambridgeshire£3,055North Yorkshire£3,142
Cheshire£4,015Northamptonshire£2,686
Cleveland£2,155Northumbria£5,507
Cumbria£2,024Nottinghamshire£4,116
Derbyshire£3,993South Wales£4,904
Devon & Cornwall£6,573South Yorkshire£5,030
Dorset£3,003Staffordshire£4,314
Durham£2,499Suffolk£2,828
Dyfed-Powys£2,035Surrey£4,345
Essex£6,605Sussex£6,197
Gloucestershire£2,422Thames Valley£8,551
Gwent£2,199Warwickshire£2,144
Hampshire £7,345West Mercia£4,750
Hertfordshire£4,260West Midlands£10,080
Humberside  £3,557Wiltshire£2,630
Kent£6,433  
Lancashire£5,682  
Leicestershire£3,952  
Lincolnshire£2,805  
Merseyside£5,139  

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.3

If you have been authorised to incur candidate spending, you should read our guidance for candidates and agents.

Last updated: 14 May 2024