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class="infobox-data">2001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">143 (December 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">£18.4 million (estimate 2019–20)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta">Magna Carta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689" title="Bill of Rights 1689">Bill of Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom">Parliamentary sovereignty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_law_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Rule of law in the United Kingdom">Rule of law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Separation of powers in the United Kingdom">Separation of powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom#Principles" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Other constitutional principles</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Crown</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_variant_2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/45px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/68px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="479" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Monarch</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs" title="List of British monarchs">list</a>)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a> </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Prince of Wales's feathers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg/30px-Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg/45px-Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg/60px-Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="383" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne" title="Succession to the British throne">Heir apparent</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales" title="William, Prince of Wales">William, Prince of Wales</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">Royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne" title="Succession to the British throne">Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom">Prerogative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counsellor_of_State" title="Counsellor of State">Counsellors of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Republicanism in the United Kingdom">Republicanism in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_Crown_%26_Garter).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg/20px-Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg/30px-Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg/40px-Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="1147" /></a></span> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a><br /><b>(<a href="/wiki/King-in-Council" title="King-in-Council">King-in-Council</a>)</b> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">HM Government</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/45px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_governments" title="List of British governments">list</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer ministry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of government ministers of the United Kingdom">Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_agency" title="Executive agency">Agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Legislatures_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Legislatures of the United Kingdom">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></b></li></ul> <p>(<a href="/wiki/King-in-Parliament" title="King-in-Parliament">King-in-Parliament</a>)<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crowned_Portcullis.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Crowned portcullis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/50px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/75px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/100px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">King</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Lords_composition.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Composition diagram of the House of Lords" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/100px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/150px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/200px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Speaker" title="Lord Speaker">Lord Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/John_McFall,_Baron_McFall_of_Alcluith" title="John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith">The Lord McFall of Alcluith</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Commons_UK.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Composition diagram of the House of Commons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/100px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/150px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/200px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="164" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Sir Lindsay Hoyle</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">C</a>)<br /></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">59th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Most_Loyal_Opposition" title="His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition">Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">List of MPs</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a><br /><b>(<a href="/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_(England)" title="Court of King's Bench (England)">King-on-the-Bench</a>)</b> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Badge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/45px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, 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Court</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Courts of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Governor of the Bank of England">Governor</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Deputy Governor of the Bank of England">Deputy governors</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Monetary_Policy_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)">Monetary Policy Committee</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_currencies" title="List of British currencies">Currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Banknotes of the pound sterling">Banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Coins of the pound sterling">Coins</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a> and <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament constituencies</a> (<a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_and_Calling_of_Parliament_Act_2022" title="Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022">Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd constituencies and electoral regions</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="List of United Kingdom general elections">UK general elections</a></b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom">1801 co-option</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1802_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1802 United Kingdom general election">1802</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1806 United Kingdom general election">1806</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1807 United Kingdom general election">1807</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">1831</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832–33</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">1841</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">1857</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan–Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Endorsements</b></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European Parliament elections (1979–2019)</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Scottish Parliament elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Northern Ireland Assembly elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="Next Northern Ireland Assembly election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Senedd elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Senedd_election" title="Next Senedd election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>UK referendums</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_relations_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom">Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_and_Heads_of_Devolved_Governments_Council" title="Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council">Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Nations_and_Regions" title="Council of the Nations and Regions">Council of the Nations and Regions</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governance_of_England" title="Governance of England">Governance of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_votes_for_English_laws" title="English votes for English laws">English votes for English laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Greater_London_Authority_referendum" title="1998 Greater London Authority referendum">1998 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">Greater London Authority Act 1999</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007" title="Greater London Authority Act 2007">2007 Act</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor_of_London" title="Deputy Mayor of London">Mayoral cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Plan" title="London Plan">London Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authority">Combined authorities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England#Combined_Authority_("Metro")_Mayors" title="Directly elected mayors in England">Metro mayors</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">2006 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">deputy First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="List of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Law of Northern Ireland">Law of Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Act of the Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_statutory_instrument" title="Scottish statutory instrument">Scottish statutory instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum on law-making powers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">Measure of the National Assembly for Wales</a> (1999–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Act of Senedd Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administration</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_England" title="History of local government in England">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_England" title="Subdivisions of England">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authorities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Template:Unitary authorities of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts" title="List of English districts">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London Borough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parishes</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_England" title="List of civil parishes in England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Historic 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title="History of local government in Scotland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sheriffdom" title="Sheriffdom">Sheriffdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">Council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_community_council_areas_in_Scotland" title="List of community council areas in Scotland">Community council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Scotland" title="List of civil parishes in Scotland">Civil parishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shires_of_Scotland" title="Shires of Scotland">Shires of Scotland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government 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It is an independent agency that regulates party and <a href="/wiki/Election_finance" class="mw-redirect" title="Election finance">election finance</a> and sets standards for how elections should be run.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation">Creation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Electoral Commission was created in 2001 following a recommendation by the fifth report of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Standards_in_Public_Life" title="Committee on Standards in Public Life">Committee on Standards in Public Life</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its mandate was set out in the <a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000</a> (PPERA),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ranges from the regulation of political donations and expenditure by political and third parties through to promoting greater participation in the electoral process. The <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Administration_Act_2006" title="Electoral Administration Act 2006">Electoral Administration Act 2006</a> required local authorities to review all polling stations, and to provide a report on the reviews to the Electoral Commission. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Political_Parties_and_Elections_Act_2009" title="Political Parties and Elections Act 2009">Political Parties and Elections Act 2009</a> granted the Electoral Commission a variety of new supervisory and investigatory powers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also allowing for the appointment of four new electoral commissioners who are nominated by political parties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities_and_objectives">Responsibilities and objectives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Responsibilities and objectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Integrity_and_transparency_of_party_election_finance">Integrity and transparency of party election finance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Integrity and transparency of party election finance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the regulator of political party funding in the UK, the Commission's role is to ensure the integrity and transparency of party and election finance. </p><p>Political parties must submit annual statements of accounts, detailing income and expenditure, to the Electoral Commission. The Commission publishes these on its website. Political parties and regulated donees are required to submit reports of all donations they receive to the Commission. The Commission maintains a publicly available and searchable register of these donations on its website. </p><p>At general elections to the UK Parliament, EU Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly political parties are required to submit campaign spending returns to the Electoral Commission. </p><p>The Commission may impose financial civil penalties on political parties and their accounting units if they fail to submit donation and loans returns, campaign spending return or statements of account. The Commission also has the power to seek forfeiture of impermissible donations accepted by political parties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Registering_political_parties">Registering political parties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Registering political parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commission registers political parties and regulates party compliance. The Commission maintains the registers of political parties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_registers_and_the_electoral_registration_process">Electoral registers and the electoral registration process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral registers and the electoral registration process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The commission produces guidance and gives advice on <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom#electoral_registration" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">electoral registration</a> to <a href="/wiki/Electoral_registration_officer" title="Electoral registration officer">electoral registration officers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. The commission has published performance standards for electoral registration in Great Britain. Electoral registration officers are required to report against these standards and the commission will make this information publicly available. </p><p>As part of this work, the commission runs a series of public awareness campaigns ahead of elections and throughout the year to encourage people to register to vote. These focus on audiences that research indicates are less likely to be on the electoral register, including recent home-movers, students and UK citizens living overseas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Well-run_elections_and_referendums">Well-run elections and referendums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Well-run elections and referendums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commission produces guidance and gives advice on electoral administration to <a href="/wiki/Returning_officer#United_Kingdom" title="Returning officer">returning officers</a> and electoral administrators in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. The Commission has set performance standards for returning officers and referendum counting officers in Great Britain. These standards do not apply to local government elections in Scotland as they are a devolved matter. The Commission has a statutory duty to produce reports on the administration of certain elections (for example <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom#General_elections" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">UK Parliamentary general elections</a>) and may be asked to report on other types of election (such as <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom#National_parliament_and_assembly_elections" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">local government elections</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="EU_seat_distribution">EU seat distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: EU seat distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Electoral Commission was responsible for recommending which regions were allocated how many of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituency" title="European Parliament constituency">73 seats</a> that the United Kingdom held at the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Referendum_responsibilities">Referendum responsibilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Referendum responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Electoral Commission has a number of responsibilities in relation to <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">referendums</a>. These include: </p> <ul><li>commenting on the wording of the referendum question (the government is responsible for proposing the wording)</li> <li>registration of campaigners</li> <li>designating lead campaign organisations and the making of grants</li> <li>monitoring referendum expenditure limits and donations</li> <li>certifying and announcing the result.</li> <li>As with other electoral events, the Electoral Commission has a statutory duty to prepare and publish a report on the administration of a relevant referendum and to give guidance and advice to administrators and campaigners.</li> <li>The chair of the commission, or someone appointed by the chair, will also be appointed as Chief Counting Officer.</li></ul> <p>As of 2017, the Electoral Commission has overseen the holding of two UK-wide referendums. The first was the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011 AV Referendum</a>, and the second and most notable was the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 EU Referendum</a>. On both occasions the then chair of the Electoral Commission <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Watson_(civil_servant)" title="Jenny Watson (civil servant)">Jenny Watson</a> acted as the appointed Chief Counting Officer. The commission also oversaw the <a href="/wiki/2004_North_East_England_devolution_referendum" title="2004 North East England devolution referendum">2004 North East England Devolution Referendum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 Welsh Devolution Referendum</a> and also the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish Independence Referendum</a>. The commission has no legal position in the legislation concerning referendums proposed by the devolved Scottish and Welsh administrations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1 October 2010, additional Commissioners serve on a part-time basis who are nominated by the leaders of political parties, scrutinised by the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission and approved by the House of Commons by means of an Address to the King requesting their appointment. Those nominated by the three largest parties serve terms of four years, while the Commissioner nominated by a smaller party serves for a two-year term. The appointments of nominated Commissioners are renewable once. These current Commissioners are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Morgan" title="Alasdair Morgan">Alasdair Morgan</a></li> <li>Sarah Chambers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gilbert,_Baron_Gilbert_of_Panteg" title="Stephen Gilbert, Baron Gilbert of Panteg">Lord Gilbert of Panteg</a></li> <li>Professor Dame <a href="/wiki/Elan_Closs_Stephens" title="Elan Closs Stephens">Elan Closs Stephens</a> CBE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Walley" title="Joan Walley">Joan Walley</a></li> <li>Rob Vincent CBE<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_commissions">National commissions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: National commissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To reflect the views of stakeholders and the distinctive procedures and practices in the <a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">countries of the United Kingdom</a> there are devolved electoral commissions for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_regional_offices">English regional offices</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: English regional offices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since February 2007, the Commission has had regional offices across England in the South West, Eastern and South East, London, Midlands, and North of England regions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speaker's_Committee_on_the_Electoral_Commission"><span id="Speaker.27s_Committee_on_the_Electoral_Commission"></span>Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Electoral Commission is answerable to Parliament via the Speaker's Committee (established by PPERA 2000). The Commission must submit an annual estimate of income and expenditure to the Committee. The Committee, made up of Members of Parliament, is responsible for answering questions on behalf of the Commission. The Member who takes questions for the Speaker's Committee is <a href="/wiki/Bridget_Phillipson" title="Bridget Phillipson">Bridget Phillipson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_Parties_Panels_(PPP)"><span id="Parliamentary_Parties_Panels_.28PPP.29"></span>Parliamentary Parties Panels (PPP)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Parties Panels (PPP)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The PPP is composed of representatives from all UK parliamentary political parties with two or more sitting MPs. The PPP was established by PPERA and meets quarterly to submit views to the Commission on matters affecting political parties. </p><p>There are equivalent non-statutory bodies for the devolved legislatures in Scotland (Scottish Parliament Political Parties Panel), Wales (Wales Political Parties Panel) and Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Assembly Parties Panel). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was widespread controversy surrounding the <a href="/wiki/2010_UK_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 UK general election">2010 UK general election</a><sup id="cite_ref-independent1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including allegations of fraudulent postal voting,<sup id="cite_ref-independent1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> polling stations being unprepared for an evening surge of voters,<sup id="cite_ref-bbcnews_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcnews-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> policing of voters protesting at one polling station,<sup id="cite_ref-bbcnews_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcnews-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and only enough ballot papers for 80% of voters.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Electoral Commission was criticised for its handling of the election.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Electoral Commission has been criticised by <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Vinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigel Vinson">Nigel Vinson</a> for perceived partisanship,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bone" title="Peter Bone">Peter Bone</a> for investigations into several notable figures on the <a href="/wiki/Vote_Leave" title="Vote Leave">Vote Leave</a> Campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2018 the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a> ruled that the Electoral Commission had misinterpreted the rules prior to the referendum taking place in advice it gave to the Vote Leave campaign, allowing them to break the law without even being aware.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 May 2020, during <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a>, Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bone" title="Peter Bone">Peter Bone</a> attacked the Electoral Commission for its investigations into four separate members of pro-Leave campaigns, who were all found innocent of any wrongdoing. He called the commission "politically corrupt, totally biased and morally bankrupt". Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> responded by saying that he had hoped "all those who spent so much time and energy drawing attention to their supposed guilt would spend just as long drawing attention to their genuine innocence".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 August 2020, Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Milling" title="Amanda Milling">Amanda Milling</a> called for major reform of the Commission in a piece in <a href="/wiki/The_Telegraph_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Telegraph (London)">The Telegraph</a>, accusing the organisation of a "lack of accountability" and of operating by an "unclear rulebook".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_changes_to_legislation_governing_the_Commission">Proposed changes to legislation governing the Commission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Proposed changes to legislation governing the Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2022, the Commission sent a public letter to ministers expressing concern about proposed changes to legislation governing the operation of the Commission. The letter said that the proposed provision in the elections bill for ministers to draw up a "strategy and policy statement", enabling the government to guide the work of the commission, was "inconsistent with the role that an independent electoral commission plays in a healthy democracy" . The letter was signed by the full board of the commission except the Conservative peer Stephen Gilbert.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_register_data_breach">Electoral register data breach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Electoral register data breach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/UK_Electoral_Commission_data_breach" title="UK Electoral Commission data breach">UK Electoral Commission data breach</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_China" title="Cyberwarfare by China">Cyberwarfare by China</a></div> <p>In 2021–2022 the commission computer system <a href="/wiki/UK_Electoral_Commission_data_breach" title="UK Electoral Commission data breach">was attacked</a> by <a href="/wiki/APT31" class="mw-redirect" title="APT31">APT31</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-electoral-commission-apologises-for-security-breach_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-electoral-commission-apologises-for-security-breach-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-register-uk-voter-data-within-reach_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-uk-voter-data-within-reach-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc-news-cyber-attack-uk-electoral-register_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-news-cyber-attack-uk-electoral-register-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2024, the UK government and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Department of the Treasury">United States Department of the Treasury</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control" title="Office of Foreign Assets Control">Office of Foreign Assets Control</a> (OFAC) jointly sanctioned a Chinese <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(China)" title="Ministry of State Security (China)">Ministry of State Security</a> front company called Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology and affiliated individuals for breaching the Electoral Commission and placing malware in critical infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Election_commission" title="Election commission">Election commission</a> for similar organizations in other countries</li> <li>Political events overseen by the Electoral Commission: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Boundary_commissions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Boundary commissions in the United Kingdom">Category:Boundary commissions in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="new" title="Autonomous National Electoral Commission (page does not exist)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Botswana)" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Botswana)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Burkina_Faso)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Burkina Faso) (page does not exist)">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Burundi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Burundi) (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Cameroon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elections Cameroon (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Cape_Verde)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Cape Verde) (page does not exist)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Authority_of_Elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Authority of Elections (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Comoros)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Comoros) (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Democratic Republic of the Congo)">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Elections_Authority" title="National Elections Authority">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Election_Board_of_Ethiopia" title="National Election Board of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Gambia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Gambia) (page does not exist)">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Ghana" title="Electoral Commission of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Guinea)" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Guinea)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Ivory_Coast)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Ivory Coast) (page does not exist)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Lesotho)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Lesotho) (page does not exist)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Elections_Commission_(Liberia)" title="National Elections Commission (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_National_Election_Commission" title="High National Election Commission">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_for_the_Transition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission for the Transition (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malawi_Electoral_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malawi Electoral Commission (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Independent_Election_Commission" title="National Independent Election Commission">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commissioner%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral Commissioner's Office (page does not exist)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Mozambique)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Mozambique) (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Namibia" title="Electoral Commission of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission" title="Independent National Electoral Commission">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Autonomous_Electoral_Commission_(Senegal)" title="National Autonomous Electoral Commission (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Seychelles" title="Electoral Commission of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Commission_(Somaliland)" title="National Electoral Commission (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_South_Africa" title="Electoral Commission of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_National_Elections_Commission" title="Sudan National Elections Commission">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Commission_(Tanzania)" title="National Electoral Commission (Tanzania)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_High_Authority_for_Elections" title="Independent High Authority for Elections">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Uganda" title="Electoral Commission of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Electoral_Commission" title="Zimbabwe Electoral Commission">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_%26_Barbuda_Electoral_Commission" title="Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li>Argentina <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C%C3%A1mara_Nacional_Electoral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cámara Nacional Electoral (page does not exist)">CNE</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Direcci%C3%B3n_Nacional_Electoral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dirección Nacional Electoral (page does not exist)">DINE</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission_(Barbados)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Barbados) (page does not exist)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_Elections_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plurinational_Electoral_Organ" title="Plurinational Electoral Organ">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_Electoral_Court" title="Superior Electoral Court">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Service" title="Electoral Service">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Council_(Colombia)" title="National Electoral Council (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Court_of_Costa_Rica" title="Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral Office (page does not exist)">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Electoral_Board" title="Central Electoral Board">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Council_(Ecuador)" title="National Electoral Council (Ecuador)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Court_(El_Salvador)" title="Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Tribunal_(Guatemala)" title="Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guyana_Elections_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guyana Elections Commission (page does not exist)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Electoral_Council" title="Provisional Electoral Council">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Jamaica" title="Electoral Commission of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Tribunal_(Honduras)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Honduras)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_Electoral" title="Instituto Nacional Electoral">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Council_(Nicaragua)" title="Supreme Electoral Council (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Court_(Panama)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral Court (Panama) (page does not exist)">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Court_of_Electoral_Justice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supreme Court of Electoral Justice (page does not exist)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Office_of_Electoral_Processes" title="National Office of Electoral Processes">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Trinidad and Tobago) (page does not exist)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Court_of_Uruguay" title="Electoral Court of Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Council_(Venezuela)" title="National Electoral Council (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Election_Commission_(Afghanistan)" title="Independent Election Commission (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Azerbaijan)" title="Central Election Commission (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Directorate_of_Elections_and_Referendums&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Directorate of Elections and Referendums (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Election Commission Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Election_Commission_of_Bhutan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Election Commission of Bhutan (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Election_Committee_(Cambodia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Election Committee (Cambodia)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(East_Timor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (East Timor) (page does not exist)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Affairs_Commission" title="Electoral Affairs Commission">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Elections_Commission" title="General Elections Commission">Indonesia</a></li> <li>Iran <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Election_Office_(Iran)" title="Election Office (Iran)">EO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_Council" title="Guardian Council">GC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_High_Electoral_Commission" title="Independent High Electoral Commission">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Elections_Committee" title="Central Elections Committee">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Management_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Election Management Council (page does not exist)">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Election_Commission_(Jordan)" title="Independent Election Commission (Jordan)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Kazakhstan)" title="Central Election Commission (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Electoral_Commission_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Malaysia" title="Election Commission of Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_Commission_(Maldives)" title="Elections Commission (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=General_Election_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="General Election Commission (page does not exist)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Election_Commission" title="Union Election Commission">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission,_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Election Commission, Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Pakistan" title="Election Commission of Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Elections_Commission_(Palestine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Elections Commission (Palestine)">Palestinian territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_(Philippines)" title="Commission on Elections (Philippines)">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections Department">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Election_Commission_(South_Korea)" title="National Election Commission (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Election Commission of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Taiwan)" title="Central Election Commission (Taiwan)">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Thailand" title="Election Commission of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Election_Council_(Turkey)" title="Supreme Election Council (Turkey)">Turkey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_of_Abkhazia" title="Central Election Commission of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Albania)" title="Central Election Commission (Albania)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Electoral_Commission_of_Armenia" title="Central Electoral Commission of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_of_Belarus" title="Central Election Commission of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Directorate_of_Elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Directorate of Elections (page does not exist)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Bulgaria)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Election Commission (Bulgaria) (page does not exist)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Electoral_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Electoral Commission (page does not exist)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Service" title="Electoral Service">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Committee (page does not exist)">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Election_Unit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Election Unit (page does not exist)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Council_(France)" title="Constitutional Council (France)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Administration_of_Georgia" title="Election Administration of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Election_Commission_(Greece)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Election Commission (Greece) (page does not exist)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Election_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Election Office (page does not exist)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Commission_of_Iceland" title="National Electoral Commission of Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a 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class="new" title="State Election Commission (page does not exist)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Council" title="Electoral Council">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Directorate_of_Elections" title="Norwegian Directorate of Elections">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Commission_(Poland)" title="National Electoral Commission (Poland)">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Elections_Commission_(Portugal)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Elections Commission (Portugal) (page does not exist)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_Electoral_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Republic Electoral Commission (page does not exist)">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junta_Electoral_Central" title="Junta Electoral Central">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Authority_(Sweden)" title="Election Authority (Sweden)">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Election_Council_(Turkey)" title="Supreme Election Council (Turkey)">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Ukraine)" title="Central Election Commission (Ukraine)">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Fiji)" title="Electoral Commission (Fiji)">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauru_Electoral_Commission" title="Nauru Electoral Commission">Nauru</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> (60)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (30)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a> (16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> (90)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (24)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> (17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a> (9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionists</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit" title="People Before Profit">People Before Profit</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Nationalist" title="Independent Nationalist">Independent Nationalist</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a> (25)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Labour" title="London Labour">London Labour</a> (11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Conservatives" title="London Conservatives">London Conservatives</a> (8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Green_Party" title="London Green Party">London Greens</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Liberal_Democrats" title="London Liberal Democrats">London Liberal Democrats</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abolish_the_Welsh_Assembly_Party" 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