Extracts from Lords motion to approve the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019 - Feb 14
Friday, 15 February 2019 07:55
Lord Young of Cookham (Con):...I turn briefly to the detail of the
proposed changes. Currently, candidates standing at combined
authority and local mayoral elections are required to give their
home address, which will appear on certain election documents and
the ballot paper. The only exception to these existing requirements
is for persons standing at combined authority mayoral elections
where the mayor will have police and crime commissioner functions.
These candidates may already require...Request free trial
(Con):...I turn briefly to the detail of the proposed
changes. Currently, candidates standing at combined authority and
local mayoral elections are required to give their home address,
which will appear on certain election documents and the ballot
paper. The only exception to these existing requirements is for
persons standing at combined authority mayoral elections where the
mayor will have police and crime commissioner functions. These
candidates may already require that their home address is not made
public. Under the proposed changes, candidates at any combined
authority mayoral election and at all local mayoral elections will
not be required to provide their home address on the nomination
form or consent to nomination form. In future, candidates at these
polls will be required to complete a home address form and to
include their home address on it. Candidates will be able to choose
that their home address is not made public and so not included on
the ballot paper or other electoral
documents...
(LD): My Lords, I
thank the Minister for his explanation of these orders. I am
supportive of them. They bring the regulations into line with the
election of Police and Crime Commissioners and of Members of
Parliament. They also respond to the recommendations of the
Committee on Standards in Public Life. It will of course be a
voluntary matter and, where an individual candidate makes a
decision not to show their home address on the ballot paper, it is
right that the local authority area they live in is shown on the
ballot paper to assist voters...
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