Non-party campaigners: UK Parliamentary general elections

How to become a lead campaigner or a minor campaigner

A non-party campaigner involved in a joint campaign who agrees to report all of the joint campaign spending must:

  • notify the Commission that they are part of a joint campaign, and they will be the lead campaigner, and
  • inform the Commission of the minor campaigners involved in the joint campaign.

A non-party campaigner may notify the Commission of their lead campaigner status, or the involvement of minor campaigners, at any time before the end of the regulated period.1

How to become a lead campaigner or a minor campaigner

There is no limit on the number of lead campaigners in a joint campaign. There is also no limit on the number of minor campaigners who can work with any one lead campaigner in a joint campaign. However, a minor campaigner cannot also be a lead campaigner in the same campaign.

Lead campaigners must be registered, while minor campaigners must be unregistered. 

If a minor campaigner submits a notification (for example because they incurred £10,000 of their own regulated spending outside of the joint campaign) then they cease to be a minor campaigner. Any joint campaign they are in, with a lead campaigner or with any other minor campaigners, reverts to being an ordinary joint campaign.

You should use Form TP7: Notification of Lead Campaigner, to notify us of the appointment of a lead campaigner and any minor campaigners.

Last updated: 19 December 2023