Archive for Election law
Electoral Commission clears Chris Huhne over election expenses
In other Huhne news this afternoon and as, ahem, predicted the Electoral Commission’s investigation into Chris Huhne’s election expenses has concluded that his campaign kept to the legal limits. The review concluded that one item had been under-reported by £10.15 (sic) but that otherwise the expenditure in the short and long campaign had been properly recorded [...]
The ever-shrinking timetable for by-elections set to be expanded
Good news from the Cabinet Office, with its announcement of pre-legislative scrutiny of plans to increase the timetable for general elections and, more significantly, for Parliamentary by-elections.
Electoral register database scrapped, at last
Plans for CORE - a centralised electoral register database - have been scrapped by the Government 11 years after the database was first meant to become available.
Electoral Commission apologises for misleading Welsh candidate
The Electoral Commission has expressed its “regret” as it admitted providing the wrong information to one of the Liberal Democrat AMs disqualified from office.
Kent County Council Chief Executive broke law with payments to himself
The then Chief Executive of Kent County Council authorised payments to himself "not permitted in law" of £18,350 for running the 2009 county council elections.
Boundary Commission for England publishes its explanatory booklet
Yesterday the Boundary Commission for England published its booklet explaining how it will be running the review process.
Police decide not to charge Liberal Democrat Assembly members
Two Liberal Democrats who were disqualified from the Welsh assembly for being members of prohibited public bodies have been told they will not be charged.
Welsh Local Government Boundary Commissioners sacked
Welsh Local Government and Communities Minister, Carl Sargeant, this week told the Welsh Assembly that he was sacking the three Welsh Local Government Boundary Commissioners.
Legal action may bar council leader from office – and raise questions about the Electoral Commission’s lack of action
North West Leicestershire District Council leader Conservative Richard Blunt is facing High Court action from a defeated opponent over whether or not he was actually qualified to stand.
Boundary Commission for England publishes more details of constituency review plans
The Boundary Commission for England has just published its official note of the proceedings at last month’s consultation meeting with political parties (which I attended on behalf of the Liberal Democrats). Part of the reason for the meeting was to given the parties a chance to ask questions about the process and get official answers [...]
