General Information for Candidates & Agents

Guidance about standing as a local government election candidate is available on the Electoral Commission website.

We have published two new animated resources:
•    ‘completing your nomination papers’ (Opens in new window) provides an overview of the forms to be completed at a local government election
•    ‘home address form’ (Opens in new window) follows on from the main resource and focusses on the specific requirements of the home address form. This includes what candidates need to do to withhold their address from election material