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ELECTORAL COMMISSION  The government's Electoral Commission is a non-departmental public body, created for the purpose of advising the government on the reform of electoral law, making decisions on referendum procedures and regulations, and ensuring that all national and local elections held in the UK are free and fair. The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. Their aim is integrity and public confidence in the democratic process. WEBSITE SPONSORS
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 Conservative Party forfeit donationConservative Party has agreed to forfeit a £700 impermissible donation. Electoral Commission response to Gerard Elias QC’s report to the National Assembly for WalesElectoral Commission response to Gerard Elias QC’s report to the National Assembly for Wales Statement from the Electoral CommissionThe 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. Conservative and Unionist Party forfeits donationsThe Conservative and Unionist Party has forfeited £20,000 of impermissible donations. Electoral Commission publishes details of campaigners’ spending at 2011 Wales referendumWe 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 Chair of Electoral Commission calls on government to consider central co-ordination at electionsJenny Watson will today propose that consideration should be given to introducing greater central coordination of elections. Financial accounts for smaller political parties publishedThe 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 publishedTen 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. Complete set of turnout figures for referendum now publishedThe Chief Counting Officer for the referendum and Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, has announced the final set of provisional turnout figures for the referendum on the voting system for UK Parliamentary elections. Next Page | Last Page | |
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