The Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007

PART 6 Final Proceedings In Contested And Uncontested Elections

Declaration of result

57.—(1) The GLRO must declare to be elected as the Mayor of London the candidate who, in accordance with section 4(2) of the 1999 Act or Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act (including those provisions as applied by section 16(4) at an election to fill a vacancy), as the case may be, is to be returned as the Mayor at that election.

(2) The GLRO must give public notice of—

(a) the name of the of the person declared to be elected and his authorised description, if any, within the meaning of rule 6(5) or (7),

(b) the total number of first preference votes given for each candidate,

(c) the total number of second preference votes given for each of the candidates remaining in the contest after the count of the first preference votes,

(d) the number of rejected ballot papers at the election under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers, and

(e) the number of ballot papers on which no second preference vote was counted under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers,

(3) In an uncontested election, the GLRO must as soon as practicable after the latest time for the delivery of notices of withdrawals of candidature—

(a) declare to be elected the candidate remaining validly nominated, and

(b) give public notice of the name of the person declared to be elected and his authorised description, if any, within the meaning of rule 6(5) or (7).

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), after the GLRO complies with paragraphs (1) and (2), he may in so far as is practicable, give public notice of the information referred to paragraph (2)(b) to (e) so as to set out the number of votes falling under each of those heads, in respect of each ward.

(5) Where the sum of first preference votes given for all candidates in any ward does not exceed 500, the GLRO must not give notice under paragraph (4) in respect of that ward alone, but must amalgamate the figures for that ward with those for any other ward in which more than 500 votes have been given, in the same Assembly constituency.

Return or forfeiture of candidate’s deposit

58.—(1) Unless forfeited in accordance with paragraph (5), the deposit made under rule 9 must be returned to the person making it or his personal representative.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the deposit must be returned not later than the next day after that on which the result of the election is declared.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—

(a) a day must be disregarded if, in accordance with rule 4, it would be disregarded in computing any period of time for the purposes of the timetable for the election, and

(b) the deposit must be treated as being returned on a day if a cheque for the amount of the deposit is posted on that day.

(4) If the candidate is not shown as standing nominated in the statement of persons nominated, or if proof of his death has been given to the GLRO before the first calculation under rule 55, the deposit must be returned as soon as practicable after the publication of the statement or after his death, as the case may be.

(5) Where a poll is taken, if, after the first calculation under rule 55, the candidate is found not to have polled more than one-twentieth of the total number of first preference votes polled by all the candidates, the deposit must be forfeited to the Greater London Authority.