Non-party campaigners: UK Parliamentary general elections

If you are campaigning in the run-up to a UK Parliamentary general election, you must report donations you receive over a certain value between the dissolution of Parliament and polling day, on a weekly basis. This is called ‘weekly pre-poll reporting’.

Which non-party campaigners are required to submit weekly pre-poll reports?

Registered non-party campaigners, unless they have declared they will spend below the reporting thresholds, are required to submit weekly pre-poll reports.4  With this declaration, you will remain exempt if your spending remains below the reporting threshold.5

If you do not receive any reportable donations during a reporting period, you do not need to submit a report for that week.6

What donations must you report?

In each weekly report you must report details of all donations with a value of more than £7,500 received by your organisation during the weekly reporting period that were received for the purpose of meeting spending on regulated campaign activity.7

This does not include aggregated donations.

You must report all donations over this value that you have received even if you have not yet accepted them – you may receive a donation but subsequently refuse it if, for example, it does not come from a permissible donor.

If you do not receive any reportable donations during a reporting period, you do not need to submit a report for that quarter as nil returns are not required.8

What details must you report?

For donations you have accepted that meet the above thresholds, you must report:

• the required details for the relevant type of donor9  (please see Who can you accept donations from? for guidance on the details you must record for each donor type)
• the amount of the donation, if monetary, or the nature and value of the donation if non-monetary10
• the date you received the donation11

What are the deadlines for submitting weekly pre-poll reports?

Each weekly pre-poll report must be submitted to the Electoral Commission within seven days of the end of each reporting period.12

You can submit your reports on PEF Online. Alternatively, you can download the reporting forms below and submit the completed forms to us by email at [email protected] or you can post these to us.