Voting at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain
F1C28 Proxies at elections. C1
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Subject to the provisions of this section, any person is capable of being appointed proxy to vote for another (in this section and section 9 of this Act referred to as “the elector”) at any parliamentary F2. . . election and may vote in pursuance of the appointment.
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The elector cannot have more than one person at a time appointed as proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections (whether in the same constituency or elsewhere).
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A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election—
a
if he is subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector, or
b
if he is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.
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A person is not entitled to vote as proxy at the same parliamentary election in any constituency F7. . . on behalf of more than two electors of whom that person is not the husband, wife, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.
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Where the elector applies to the registration officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections F8. . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall make the appointment if the application meets the prescribed requirements and he is satisfied that the elector is or will be—
a
registered in the register of F9parliamentary electors, and
b
shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by proxy at such elections,
and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed to vote as proxy at such elections.
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Where the elector applies to the registration officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at a particular parliamentary F10. . . election, the registration officer shall make the appointment if the application meets the prescribed requirements and he is satisfied that the elector is or will be—
a
registered in the register of parliamentary F11. . . electors for that election, and
b
entitled to vote by proxy at that election by virtue of an application under section 7 of this Act,
and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed.
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The appointment of a proxy under this section is to be made by means of a proxy paper issued by the registration officer.
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The appointment may be cancelled by the elector by giving notice to the registration officer, and shall also cease to be in force on the issue of a proxy paper appointing a different person to vote for him at any parliamentary election or elections (whether in the same constituency or elsewhere).
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Subject to subsection (9) above, the appointment shall remain in force—
a
in the case of an appointment for a particular election, for that election, and
b
in any other case, while the elector is shown as voting by proxy in the record kept under section 6 of this Act in pursuance of the same application under that section.
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