The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021

Publication of statement of persons nominated

13.—(1) The returning officer must prepare and publish a statement (a “statement of persons nominated”) showing—

(a) the persons who have been and stand nominated, and

(b) any other persons who have been nominated but no longer stand nominated, with the reason why they no longer stand nominated.

(2) The statement must show—

(a) the names and descriptions (if any) of the persons nominated, as given in their nomination papers,

(b) their home address information (see paragraph (3)), and

(c) the information contained in their statements of party membership, as given in their nomination papers.

(3) In these rules, references to the home address information of a person nominated are to the following information as given in the home address form accompanying the nomination paper—

(a) where the home address form contains a statement that the home address must not be made public, the information given in accordance with rule 9(7);

(b) where the home address form does not contain such a statement, the address of the person nominated.

(4) The statement must show the persons standing nominated arranged alphabetically in the order of their surnames, and if there are two or more of them with the same surnames, the statement must show those persons arranged alphabetically in the order of their other names.

(5) Rule 14 (use of commonly used names) and rule 15 (names that are the same or similar) make further provision about the content of the statement of persons nominated.