Electoral Commission news releases

Conservative Party forfeit donation

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:35:33 +0100

Conservative Party has agreed to forfeit a £700 impermissible donation.

Lessons to learn from referendum in Wales, says Electoral Commission report

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:30:07 +0100

The Electoral Commission, the independent elections watchdog, has published its report on the referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales which took place on the 3 March 2011.

Electoral Commission response to Gerard Elias QC’s report to the National Assembly for Wales

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:24:15 +0100

Electoral Commission response to Gerard Elias QC’s report to the National Assembly for Wales

Statement from the Electoral Commission

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:11:33 +0100

The Electoral Commission – the independent elections watchdog – has welcomed the opportunity to scrutinise the Government’s plans for a fundamental change to the way we register to vote.

Electoral Commission publishes details of campaigners’ spending at 2011 Wales referendum

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:07:59 +0100

We have published figures on campaign spendingduring the period leading up to the 3 March referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales

Conservative and Unionist Party forfeits donations

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:02:21 +0100

The Conservative and Unionist Party has forfeited £20,000 of impermissible donations.

Chair of Electoral Commission calls on government to consider central co-ordination at elections

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:00:53 +0100

Jenny Watson will today propose that consideration should be given to introducing greater central coordination of elections.

Financial accounts for smaller political parties published

Thu, 26 May 2011 11:17:41 +0100

The Electoral Commission – the independent elections watchdog – has published the latest financial accounts of UK political parties and accounting units with income and expenditure of £250,000 or less in the year ending 31 December 2010. The period includes the UK general election as well as local elections in England and Wales on 6 May 2010. The deadline for parties and accounting units with income or expenditure of more than £250,000 to submit their accounts is 7 July, and the Commission will publish those accounts at the end of July.

Political parties’ latest donations and borrowing figures published

Wed, 25 May 2011 12:34:54 +0100

Ten political parties registered in Great Britain reported accepting over £8.8 million in donations between 1 January and 31 March 2011, according to new figures published by the Electoral Commission, the independent party funding watchdog. During the first quarter of 2011, six parties also received payments from public funds totalling just over £2.1 million.

First UK-wide referendum in over 35 years delivers a "No" to changing the UK Parliament voting system

Sat, 07 May 2011 02:13:04 +0100

Jenny Watson had announced the result of the first UK-wide referendum in over 35 years