Elections: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 1st June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to remove the statutory requirement to publish the home address of election agents.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 7th June 2018

The Government is committed to removing the requirement for candidates standing as local councillors to have their home addresses published on the ballot paper. This requirement will be replaced with an option to include a statement of residence based on an electoral area the candidate lives in rather than having to include a specific address, in line with the provisions in place for candidates at UK parliamentary elections. We are currently working through the detail in discussion with relevant stakeholders, including what level of location information is appropriate, and how the provisions will be implemented in practice.

As part of this work, we will consider the existing requirements for the publication of the home address of election agents.

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