Party spending and pre-poll donations and loans: UK Parliamentary general election

Transport in connection with promoting or publicising your party

Transport of volunteers and campaigners

It includes the cost of transporting:

  • volunteers
  • party members, including staff members
  • other campaigners

around the electoral area, or to and from the electoral area, including the cost of:

  • tickets for any transport, including any booking fee
  • hiring of any transport
  • fuel or electricity purchased for any transport
  • parking for any transport

where they are undertaking campaigning on behalf of the party.

It includes the cost of transport paid for by any individual, political party or other third party that is paid for or reimbursed either by the political party or a third party, where the individuals being transported were campaigning or undertaking activities associated with the campaign for the party.

Other costs that are included

This includes the cost of use, or hire, of any vehicle or form of transport that displays material promoting the party, including any cost associated with:

  • design and application of the design to the vehicle or form of transport
  • travelling between electoral areas
  • travelling around an electoral area
  • parking fees where a vehicle is used to display material

It includes a portion of the cost of:

  • office accommodation
  • business rates
  • electricity
  • phone rental and internet access

when these are associated with planning, booking or using transport of any kind, or where a vehicle or form of transport is being prepared for use in electoral areas. For example, the cost of design and applying the design promoting the party to the side of a bus.

It includes all transport costs associated with other spending matters. For example, transporting someone to a rally.

 

Last updated: 9 November 2023