Who to contact
If you want to stand as a London-wide candidate, London Elects
will handle your nomination. If you want to stand in a
constituency, you need to contact the relevent Constituency
Returning Officer.
Nomination criteria
To stand as a candidate in the London Assembly elections you
must meet certain criteria. You must be 18 years old or over when
nominations open on 18 March 2008, and a citizen of the UK,
European Union or Commonwealth.
You must also be registered to vote
in London or have lived, worked, rented or owned property in London
for the last 12 months.
Candidates' expenditure
Candidates are limited to how much they can spend on their
election campaigns. The limit for Constituency Assembly candidates
is £35,000. The limit for London-wide Assembly candidates is
£330,000 (for an individual independent candidate or political
party list).
This covers:
- Party political broadcasts
- Advertising
- Unsolicited material distributed to voters
- Party manifestos
- Market research
- Press conferences and media
- Transport during the campaign
- Rallies and other events
Expenses are counted from the 18 March 2008. Constituency
Assembly candidates must submit their expenses to the Constituency
Returning Officer (CRO) no later than 35 days after the election
result has been declared. London-wide Assembly candidates must
submit their expenses to the Greater London Returning Officer
(GLRO) no later than 70 days after the election result has
been declared.
More details
You can find full details on the necessary qualifications for
standing as a candidate for the London Assembly in
section 20 of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 1999.
More details about candidates'
expenditure are in the Representation of the People Act 1983,
as amended by the
Electoral Administration Act 2006.
Put yourself forward as a candidate
Stand as a Constituency
Member candidate
Stand as a London-wide
Member candidate