The Greater London Authority Elections (Election Addresses) Order 2003

Form of election booklet

8.—(1) The order in which the candidates' election addresses appear in the election booklet shall be determined by lot drawn by the GLRO.

(2) The election booklet shall include, in addition to candidates' election addresses, a statement by the GLRO—

(a) giving the date of the election and explaining the nature and purpose of the election booklet;

(b) listing all the candidates for the office of Mayor (whether or not their election addresses are included in the booklet), in the order they are to appear on the ballot paper(1);

(c) listing all the candidates at the ordinary election for the return of London members by—

(i) the names of the registered political parties that have been nominated (including thereunder the names of list candidates appearing in the order in which they appear on the party list); and

(ii) the names of individual candidates;

in the order they are to appear on the ballot paper(2);

(d) listing all the candidates at the ordinary election for the return of constituency members, in alphabetical order by constituency and with the names of candidates for each constituency in the order they are to appear on the ballot paper(3).

(3) The GLRO shall include in a listing of candidates under paragraphs (2)(b) to (d) any description of the candidate as stated on his nomination paper.

(4) The election booklet may also include such other information as the GLRO is required or permitted by or under any enactment to publish in the booklet.

(5) The election booklet must—

(a) contain a statement that it has been published by the GLRO; and

(b) give the name and address of the GLRO and those of the printer of the booklet.

(6) Subject to paragraphs (1) to (5) above, the form of the election booklet shall be determined by the GLRO.

(7) The election agent of each candidate whose election address has been accepted by the GLRO for inclusion in the booklet shall be given an opportunity to attend at a time and place notified to him by the GLRO in order to check, and submit to the GLRO typographical corrections to, the proof of the candidate’s address, by such time as the GLRO may require.

(8) If the election agent of any such candidate fails to avail himself of that opportunity, the GLRO may—

(a) make such typographical corrections to the proof as appear to him to be appropriate; and

(b) proceed with the printing and distribution of the election booklet without further reference to the candidate or his election agent (and without incurring any liability for any errors in the candidate’s address).

(9) No person other than—

(a) the candidate in respect of whom an election address is included in the election booklet, or

(b) the candidate’s election agent,

shall incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of the publication of that address in the election booklet or its dissemination in accordance with article 9 below.

(1)

See the Mayoral Election Rules in Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/427), as amended by S.I. 2000/1040 and S.I. 2001/3789 (“GLA Elections Rules”), rule 16(6).

(2)

See the London Members Election Rules in Schedule 2 to the GLA Elections Rules, rule 16(7).

(3)

See the Constituency Members Election Rules in Schedule 1 to the GLA Elections Rules, rules 10(3) and 15(5).