# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Rule 10: Consent to nomination: statements of party membership

Extent: E+W

(1) This rule sets out the requirements for statements of party membership that must be included in consents to nomination as mentioned in rule 9(3)(e).
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), the statement must state whether the candidate has been a member of any registered political party at any time during the relevant period.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where, during the relevant period, a party list candidate has been a member only of the registered political party on whose list they have been included as a party candidate on a party nomination paper submitted under rule 6.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), if the candidate has been a member of one or more registered political parties at any time during the relevant period, the statement must also include the following information in relation to each of those parties—
(a) the party’s registered name or, where the party has more than one registered name, the party’s registered names, and
(b) the dates during the relevant period between which the candidate has been a member of the party.
(5) A party list candidate is not required to include details of the registered political party on whose list they have been included as a party candidate on a party nomination paper submitted under rule 6.
(6) A candidate who knowingly fails to include in the consent to nomination a statement of party membership that complies with the requirements of this rule is guilty of a corrupt practice.
(7) In this rule—
(a) “registered political party” means a party that is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Political Parties Act at any time during the relevant period when the candidate is a member;
(b) references to a registered name of a registered political party are to a name of the party registered under section 28 of that Act;
(c) “the relevant period” means the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the notice of election is published.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/5/rule/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-5/rule-10
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