Article 35 Limitation of candidate election expenses

(1)

The election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a PCC election must not in the aggregate exceed the maximum amount specified in the table in paragraph (2).

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the maximum amount in respect of a candidate at a PCC election for a police area listed in an entry in the first column of table 2 is the amount shown for that entry in the second column.

Table 2

Police area	Maximum amount
Avon & Somerset	F1£305,130
Bedfordshire	F2£114,570
Cambridgeshire	F3£148,910
Cheshire	F4£195,410
Cleveland	F5£105,280
Cumbria	F6£98,900
Derbyshire	F7£194,340
Devon and Cornwall	F8£319,410
Dorset	F9£146,350
Durham	F10£121,930
Dyfed-Powys	F11£99,430
Essex	F12£320,960
Gloucestershire	F13£118,220
F14. . .	. . .
Gwent	F15£107,370
F16Hampshire and Isle of Wight	F17£356,810
Hertfordshire	F18£207,270
Humberside	F19£173,230
Kent	F20£312,650
Lancashire	F21£276,210
Leicestershire	F22£192,370
Lincolnshire	F23£136,780
Merseyside	F24£249,920
Norfolk	F25£165,210
North Wales	F26£130,400
. . .	. . .
Northamptonshire	F27£130,980
Northumbria	F28£267,750
Nottinghamshire	F29£200,320
South Wales	F30£238,490
F31. . .	. . .
Staffordshire	F32£209,920
Suffolk	F33£137,880
Surrey	F34£211,410
Sussex	F35£301,210
Thames Valley	F36£415,290
Warwickshire	F37£104,710
West Mercia	F38£231,030
West Midlands	F39£489,410
. . .	. . .
Wiltshire	F40£128,270

(3)

The maximum amount is not required to cover the candidate's personal expenses.

(4)

The maximum amount is not affected for any candidate by the change in the timing of the PCC election or of any step in the proceedings at the election.

(5)

Where a poll at a PCC election is countermanded or abandoned by reason of a candidate's death, the maximum amount for any of the other candidates who then remain validly nominated is to be twice or, if there has been a previous increase under this paragraph, three times what it would have been but for any increase under this paragraph.

(6)

Where any election expenses are incurred in excess of a maximum amount specified in paragraph (2) or (5), any candidate or election agent who—

(a)

incurred, or authorised the incurring of, the election expenses, and

(b)

knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that maximum amount,

is guilty of an illegal practice.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(a)
F2: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(b)
F3: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(c)
F4: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(d)
F5: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(e)
F6: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(f)
F7: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(g)
F8: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(h)
F9: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(i)
F10: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(j)
F11: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(k)
F12: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(l)
F13: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(m)
F14: Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 omitted (26.3.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/428), regs. 1(1)(b), 5 (with reg. 6)
F15: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(n)
F16: Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (13.7.2022) by The Police Act 1996 (Amendment and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/790), regs. 1(2), 3(3)
F17: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(o)
F18: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(p)
F19: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(q)
F20: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(r)
F21: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(s)
F22: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(t)
F23: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(u)
F24: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(v)
F25: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(w)
F26: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(x)
F27: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(z)
F28: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(aa)
F29: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(bb)
F30: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(cc)
F31: Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 omitted (21.3.2024) by virtue of The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 13(b)
F32: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ee)
F33: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ff)
F34: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(gg)
F35: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(hh)
F36: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ii)
F37: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(jj)
F38: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(kk)
F39: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ll)
F40: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(mm)