And it’s another Brexit campaigner fined for breaking law over European referendum
The Electoral Commission has fined Mr Henry Meakin, a registered campaigner in favour of Brexit in the EU referendum, £1,500. … Read the full post »
Read about what the regulator for elections and political finance in the UK, the Electoral Commission, has got up to. It was created in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA).
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The Electoral Commission has fined Mr Henry Meakin, a registered campaigner in favour of Brexit in the EU referendum, £1,500. … Read the full post »
The government has announced that donations in Northern Ireland will be subject to the same transparency rules as in the rest of the UK. … Read the full post »
Peter Harris, who campaigned for Brexit in last year’s referendum, has been hit with a record £12,000 fine for breaking the law. … Read the full post »
Thousands of votes were not included in the result for a newly-elected Labour MP, Plymouth City Council has said. … Read the full post »
On Monday this week, just days before general election polling day, the government was forced to table a new set of rules for the general election after numerous errors in a key statutory instrument drawn up by the Cabinet Office came to light. … Read the full post »
The offer of a Banksy print to people who prove they voted against the Conservatives has run into legal problems. … Read the full post »
For my final election briefing video, I take a look at what Liberal Democrats do on polling day and why. … Read the full post »
Mark Pack, editor of Liberal Democrat Newswire, explains why postal voters are different and how that alters campaigning. … Read the full post »
Aside from showing how well the Liberal Democrat fundraising operation is going compared to Labour’s, these figures also illustrate… … Read the full post »
When asked by YouGov whether they think different parties “often break the spending rules at elections”, 44% said this was the case for the Conservatives. … Read the full post »