Rule 17 Publication of statement of parties and other persons nominatedI1

England and Wales

(1)

The returning officer must prepare and publish a statement of parties and persons nominated showing—

(a)

the persons who have been and stand nominated as individual candidates,

(b)

the registered political parties which have been and stand nominated, together with, in respect of each such party, the list of candidates it has submitted and who have been and stand nominated as the candidates of that party, and

(c)

any other persons or parties who have been nominated but no longer stand nominated, with the reason why they no longer stand nominated.

(2)

The statement must show—

(a)

in respect of individual candidates—

(i)

the names of the persons nominated, as given in their nomination papers,

(ii)

their addresses, or such relevant information as provided in their home address information (see paragraph (3)), and

(iii)

the information contained in their statements of party membership, as given in their consents to nomination;

(b)

in respect of the registered political parties who have submitted a party list, the names of those parties together with, in respect of each such party—

(i)

the name, names or descriptions referred to in rule 6(3),

(ii)

the names of the persons nominated as they appear in that party’s list,

(iii)

the addresses of those persons, or such relevant information as provided in the home address information of those persons (see paragraph (3)), and

(iv)

the information contained in the statements of party membership of those persons, as given in their consents to nomination.

(3)

In these rules, references to the home address information of a person nominated are to the following information as given in the home address form accompanying the nomination paper—

(a)

where the home address form contains a statement that the home address must not be made public, the information given in accordance with rule 8(5);

(b)

where the home address form does not contain such a statement, the address of the person nominated.

(4)

Rule 18 (use of commonly used names) and rule 19 (names that are the same or similar) make further provision about the content of the statement of parties and persons nominated.

(5)

The statement must show—

(a)

the individual candidates standing nominated arranged together alphabetically;

(b)

the registered political parties which have submitted a party list arranged together alphabetically and, in respect of each such party, the candidates standing nominated arranged, immediately after the entry for the relevant party, in the order that they appear on the party list.

(6)

The arrangement of registered political parties referred to in paragraph (5)(b) is to be shown in the statement before the arrangement of individual candidates referred to in paragraph (5)(a) is so shown.

(7)

For the purposes of paragraph (5)(a), alphabetical order is to be determined by reference to the surnames of the individual candidates, and if there are two or more of them with the same surname, the statement must show those persons arranged alphabetically in the order of their other names.

(8)

For the purposes of paragraph (5)(b)—

(a)

a registered political party is to be shown in the statement by reference to the name or names, or description referred to in rule 6(3) in respect of the party, and

(b)

alphabetical order is to be determined by disregarding the definite or indefinite article, and where there are two or more words in the name or names, or description, having disregarded the definite or indefinite article, by reference to the first of those words and, if there are two or more parties with the same first word, of the other words.

(9)

In the case of a person nominated by more than one individual nomination paper, the returning officer must take the particulars required by the previous provisions of this rule from such one of the papers as the candidate, or the returning officer in default of the candidate, may select.

(10)

In the case of a registered political party which has delivered more than one party nomination paper, and where the party list candidates of that party stand nominated by more than one party list submitted with those papers, the returning officer must take the particulars required by the previous provisions of this rule from such one of the party nomination papers and the party list with that paper as the registered nominating officer of the party, or the returning officer in default of the registered nominating officer, may select.

(11)

Where a candidate is shown standing nominated by a list which is not selected in accordance with paragraph (10), that candidate will no longer stand nominated.

(12)

The returning officer must send to the Electoral Commission a copy of the statement of parties and persons nominated.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 5 rule 17 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)