Non-party campaigners: UK Parliamentary general elections

What non-party campaigners are required to report spending and donations after the election?

If you have registered with the Electoral Commission as a non-party campaigner, you must report your donations and spending to us after the election if during the regulated period:

• you spend more than £20,000 in England or £10,000 in any of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
• you spend more than £17,553 in a particular constituency (which is an offence)

Constituency limit

Under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), you must not spend more than £17,553 in constituency as a non-party campaigner as you will be guilty of an offence.1  However, if you do exceed this limit when registered you are required to submit a spending return under the law.2

What must you report?

Your spending and donations must be reported to us by submitting a spending return.

You can submit your return on PEF Online. If you are submitting your spending and donations on PEF Online, please note that the spending return and donations report are separate.

Alternatively, you can download the form below and submit the completed form to us by email at [email protected] or you can post these to us. 

You must also submit a statement of accounts if you do not currently have to produce them under another law.

Alongside your spending return, the responsible person must declare that:

• the return is complete and correct3
• all payments were paid by them, or a person they authorised4
• all accepted donations were received from permissible donors5
• no other reportable donations were accepted by the non-party campaigner6

It is an offence for the responsible person to make a false declaration knowingly or recklessly.7

The following pages provide details on the reporting requirements for spending and donations, and when a statement of accounts is required.