where the application for UK Parliamentary elections is made on grounds relating to voter identification2
Where the application is due to a medical condition, illness or disability, the attestor must be one of the individuals included in the list of people who may attest proxy applications made on the grounds of disability or illness.
The attestation must include the day on which, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person attesting, the applicant became ill or disabled, which must be after 5pm on the sixth working day before polling day if the application is to be accepted.3
Where a person applies for an emergency proxy because they have been called away as a result of their occupation, service or employment, the application must include the date on which they became aware of the circumstances which will not allow them to vote in person.4
Applications on the grounds of occupation, service or employment must be attested by either:5
the applicant’s employer or an employee delegated to do so on the employer’s behalf
if the applicant is self-employed, by a person aged 18 years or over (or 16 years or over for applications for Scottish Parliamentary and local council elections)6
who knows the person but is not related to them
A person is related to another in this context if they are their spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.7
6. Schedule 3 Paragraph 6(2) Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 and Regulation 9(2) Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007↩ Back to content at footnote 6