Rule 64 Declaration of resultI1

England and Wales

(1)

After the returning officer has ascertained the results of the poll, the returning officer must immediately—

(a)

announce, in Welsh and English, the individual candidates or the registered political parties to whom seats have been allocated, together with the names of the party list candidates who are to fill such seats;

(b)

declare, in Welsh and English, those individual or party list candidates to have been elected.

(2)

The returning officer must give notice to the Clerk in accordance with paragraph (6) stating the names of the candidates elected, and in respect of any party list candidate, the name of the registered political party for which they were such a candidate.

(3)

At an uncontested constituency election, the statement of parties and persons nominated, in addition to showing the registered political parties and other persons standing nominated, must also—

(a)

set out the individual candidates or the registered political parties to whom seats have been allocated, together with the names of the party list candidates who are to fill such seats, and

(b)

declare those individual or party list candidates to have been elected and returned,

and the returning officer must immediately return the names of those persons to the Clerk (and, in respect of any party list candidate, the name of the registered political party for which they were such a candidate) in accordance with paragraph (6).

(4)

At a contested and uncontested constituency election, the returning officer must also publish notice, in Welsh and English, of—

(a)

the name of any individual candidates elected,

(b)

the name of any party list candidates elected, together with the name of the registered political party for which they were such a candidate,

(c)

the total number of votes given for each individual candidate or registered political party,

(d)

the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers (see rule 60(7)), and

(e)

in respect of the number of votes referred to in sub-paragraph (c), a breakdown of the number of votes given for each such candidate or party in each constituency.

(5)

For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (4), where the statement of parties and persons nominated shows a candidate’s commonly used forenames or surnames, the returning officer may use those commonly used forenames or surnames to make the announcement, and give notice, of the election results.

(6)

For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the returning officer must return the names required to be returned by—

(a)

completing a certificate in form 22 set out in Welsh and English in Schedule 10, and

(b)

delivering the certificate, or causing it to be delivered, to the Clerk.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 5 rule 64 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)