Election Timetable 2015 UK Parliamentary and Local Government
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Timetable
for the UK Parliamentary general election: 7 May 2015
The days which are disregarded in
calculating the timetable are Saturday, Sunday,
Good Friday, other
bank holidays and any day appointed for public thanksgiving or
mourning.
Please be aware that the timetable
may change in the event of days being appointed for public
thanksgiving or mourning.
This timetable is based on the
assumption that the writ is received on the day following the
dissolution of Parliament. If in a particular constituency the writ
is received on a different date:
- The notice of election in that particular constituency must be published no later than 4pm on the second day following the receipt of the writ.
- The period for delivery of nomination papers will begin from the day after the publication of notice of election. The deadline for nominations will remain the same (i.e. 4pm on 19 working days before the poll).
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Event |
Working days before poll (deadline if
not midnight) |
Date (deadline if not midnight) |
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Dissolution of Parliament
|
25 days
|
Monday 30 March
|
|
Receipt of writ
|
24 days
|
Tuesday 31 March
|
|
Publication of notice of election
|
Not later than 22 days (4pm)
|
Not later than 4pm on Thursday 2 April
|
|
Delivery of nomination papers
|
From the day after the publication of the
notice of election until the sixth day after the date of
dissolution
|
Between 10am and 4pm on any working day after
publication of notice of election until Thursday 9 April
|
|
Deadline for delivery of nomination papers
|
19 days (4pm)
|
4pm on Thursday 9 April
|
|
Deadline for withdrawals of nomination
|
19 days (4pm)
|
4pm on Thursday 9 April
|
|
Making objections
to nomination papers
(except
for objections on the grounds that an individual candidate may be
disqualified under the Representation of the People Act 1981 –
see Commission guidance)
|
On 19 days (10am to
5pm), subject to the following:
Between 10 am –
12 noon objections can be made to all delivered nominations
Between 12 noon and 5pm objections can only be
made to nominations delivered after 4pm, 20 days before the poll
|
Between 10am and 12
noon on Thursday 9 April objections can be made to all delivered
nominations
Between 12 noon and 5pm on Thursday 9 April
objections can only be made to nominations delivered after 4pm on
Wednesday 8 April
|
|
Deadline for the notification of appointment
of election agent
|
19 days (4pm)
|
4pm on Thursday 9 April
|
|
Publication of statement of persons nominated,
including notice of poll and situation of polling stations
|
If no objections:
on 19 days (at 5pm)
If objection(s) are made: Not before
objection(s) are disposed of but not later than 18 days (4pm)
|
If no objections:
at 5pm on Thursday 9 April
Objection(s) made: not before objection(s) are
disposed of but not later than 4pm on Friday 10 April
|
|
Publication of first interim election notice
of alteration
|
On 19 days
|
Thursday 9 April
|
|
Deadline for receiving applications for
registration
|
12 days
|
Monday 20 April
|
|
Deadline for receiving new postal vote and
postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or
proxy votes
|
11 days (5pm)
|
5pm on Tuesday 21 April
|
|
Deadline for receiving new applications to
vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies)
|
6 days (5pm)
|
5pm on Tuesday 28 April
|
|
Publication of second interim election notice
of alteration
|
Between 18 days and 6 days
|
Between Friday 10 April and Tuesday 28 April
(inclusive)
|
|
Publication of final election notice of
alteration
|
5 days
|
Wednesday 29 April
|
|
Deadline for notification of appointment
polling and counting agents
|
5 days
|
Wednesday 29 April
|
|
First date that electors can apply for a
replacement for lost postal votes
|
4 days
|
Thursday 30 April
|
|
Polling day
|
0 (7am to 10pm)
|
7am to 10pm on Thursday 7 May
|
|
Last time for re-issue of spoilt or lost
postal votes
|
0 (5pm)
|
5pm on Thursday 7 May
|
|
Deadline for emergency proxy applications
|
0 (5pm)
|
5pm on Thursday 7 May
|
|
Last time to alter the register due to
clerical error or court appeal
|
0 (9pm)
|
9pm on Thursday 7 May
|
|
After the declaration
of result
|
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Event
|
Deadline
|
Date
|
|
Delivery of return as to election expenses
|
Within 35 calendar days after the date the
election result is declared
|
If result declared
on Thursday 7 May: by Thursday 11 June
If result declared on Friday 8 May: by Friday
12 June
|
|
Deadline for sending postal vote identifier
rejection notices
|
Within the period of three months beginning
with the date of the poll
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By Thursday 6 August 2015
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