Financial accounts for smaller political parties published
The Electoral Commission – the independent elections watchdog – has published the latest financial accounts of UK political parties and accounting...
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Conservative Party forfeit donation
Conservative Party has agreed to forfeit a £700 impermissible donation. ...
Read this entry » Lessons to learn from referendum in Wales, says Electoral Commission report
The Electoral Commission, the independent elections watchdog, has published its report on the referendum on the law-making powers of the National...
Read this entry » Electoral Commission response to Gerard Elias QC’s report to the National Assembly for Wales
Electoral Commission response to Gerard Elias QC’s report to the National Assembly for Wales ...
Read this entry » Statement from the Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission – the independent elections watchdog – has welcomed the opportunity to scrutinise the Government’s plans for a...
Read this entry » Electoral Commission publishes details of campaigners’ spending at 2011 Wales referendum
We have published figures on campaign spendingduring the period leading up to the 3 March referendum on the law-making powers of the National...
Read this entry » Conservative and Unionist Party forfeits donations
The Conservative and Unionist Party has forfeited £20,000 of impermissible donations. ...
Read this entry » Chair of Electoral Commission calls on government to consider central co-ordination at elections
Jenny Watson will today propose that consideration should be given to introducing greater central coordination of elections. ...
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Political parties’ latest donations and borrowing figures published
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...
Read this entry »Complete set of turnout figures for referendum now published
The Chief Counting Officer for the referendum and Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, has announced the final set of provisional turnout figures for...
Read this entry »Provisional turnout figures for referendum published
The Chief Counting Officer for the referendum and Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, has announced the provisional turnout figures in Great Britain...
Read this entry »First UK-wide referendum in over 35 years delivers a "No" to changing the UK Parliament voting syste
Jenny Watson had announced the result of the first UK-wide referendum in over 35 years ...
Read this entry »First provisional turnout figures for referendum published
The Chief Counting Officer for the referendum and Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, has announced the first set of provisional turnout figures for...
Read this entry »Voters urged to get ready for ‘Super Thursday’
The Electoral Commission, the independent elections and referendum watchdog, is urging voters to get ready before they go to the polls on Thursday 5 May. ...
Read this entry »Voters are getting ready to have their say on 5 May
There have been over 300,000 visits to the Electoral Commission's voter information website, www.aboutmyvote.co.uk since the independent elections and referendum...
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