Explanatory note

The Rules amend Schedule 2 (Rules for Conduct of an Election of Councillors of a Parish or Community where Poll is not Taken Together with Poll at another Election) and Schedule 3 (Rules for Conduct of an Election of Councillors of a Parish or Community where Poll is Taken Together with Poll at a Relevant Election or Referendum) to the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006. The amendments in each case enable a candidate who is standing for election on behalf of two or more registered political parties to request that the ballot paper may feature, alongside the candidate’s particulars, an emblem registered by one of those political parties.