# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Article 15: Combination of polls at Senedd and local government elections

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the polls at a Senedd general election and a local government election listed in paragraph (2) fall on the same day, they may be taken together.
(2) The elections referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) an election held in accordance with section 89(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 to fill a casual vacancy occurring in the office of councillor for a county or county borough council;
(b) an election held in accordance with section 89(6) of the Local Government Act 1972 to fill a casual vacancy among community councillors.
(3) Where the polls at a Senedd general election and a local government election are combined under paragraph (1), the cost of taking the combined polls, excluding any cost solely attributable to one election, and any cost attributable to their combination must be apportioned equally among the elections.
(4) Schedule 3 makes further provision in connection with the combination of polls at a Senedd general election and local government elections.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/article/15 (the official version)
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