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Changes to Representation of the People Act 1983

1983 c. 2

The legislation that changes Representation of the People Act 1983, newest first. Choose one to see each change.

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Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) 2026 1
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) 2026 1
Scottish Local Government Elections (Election Agents, Expenses and Publication of Information) 2026 8
Surrey (Structural Changes) 2026 1
Representation of the People Act 1983 (Security Expenses Exclusion) 2026 1
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 3 1
Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026 21 21
Welsh Elections Financial Assistance Scheme (Disabled Candidates) 2025 1
Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) 2025 2
Representation of the People Act 1983 Remedial 2025 4
Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2025 1
Representation of the People 2025 2
Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Pilot Scheme) 2025 1
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Act 2025 2
Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 8
Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) 2024 3
Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates’ Election Expenses) (City of London) 2024 3
Representation of the People Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 6A) 2024 1
Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) 2024 2
Local Elections 2024 1
Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) 2024 1
Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 2024 1
Media Act 2024 1
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 20 12
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 1 1
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 2
Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses, Expenditure Limits and Donation etc. Thresholds) 2023 11
Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) 2023 14
Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) 2023 6
Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 9, Transitional and Savings Provisions and Appointed and Specified Days) and Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 (Commencement) 2023 1
Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) 2023 12
Local Government and Greater London Authority Elections 2023 3
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) 2023 3
National Security Act 2023 3
Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 1
Voter Identification 2022 8
Assistance with Voting for Persons with Disabilities 2022 13
Assistance with Voting for Persons with Disabilities (Principal Area, Parish and Greater London Authority Elections) 2022 5
Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) 2022 11
Representation of the People 2022 1
Scottish Local Government Elections 2022 1
Elections Act 2022 197 1
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 13
Local Elections (Communities) 2021 6
Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates’ Election Expenses) 2021 1
Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) 2021 2
Scottish Local Government Elections 2021 5
Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates’ Local Government Election Expenses) 2021 2
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 65 11
Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates’ Election Expenses) 2020 1
Local Government (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections) 2020 8
Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) 2020 2
Postponed Elections and Referendums (Coronavirus) and Policy Development Grants 2020 3
Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) 2020 21
Local Government (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections) 2020 2
Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) 2020 2
Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) 2020 4
Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) Amendment 2020 7
Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) 2020 7
Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 14
Coronavirus Act 2020 8
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 21
Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020 3
Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 21
Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) 2019 1
Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) 2019 12
Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) 2019 2
Representation of the People (Election Expenses Exclusion) 2019 1
Representation of the People Act 1983 Remedial 2019 4
European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) 2018 7
Local Government (Boundary Changes) 2018 1
Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) 2018 16
Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) 2018 2
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) 2018 2
Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) 2018 2
East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) 2018 2
West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) 2018 2
Data Protection Act 2018 4
Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme 2017 1
Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme 2017 1
Scotland Act 2016 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) 2017 3
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) 2017 2
Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) 2017 2
Wales Act 2017 18
Policing and Crime Act 2017 4
Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) 2016 2
Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme 2016 1
European Union Referendum (Voter Registration) 2016 2
Scottish Local Government Elections 2016 1
Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) 2016 1
Representation of the People (Variation of Limit of Candidates’ Local Government Election Expenses) 2016 1
European Union Referendum (Welsh Forms) 2016 1
European Union Referendum (Conduct) 2016 51
Scotland Act 2016 6
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) 2015 3
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2015 2
Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5 and Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) 2015 5
Scotland Act 2012 (Saving and Consequential Provisions) 2015 3
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) 2015 1
Representation of the People (Ballot Paper) 2015 3

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