The Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007

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57.—(1) The GLRO must declare the allocation of the seats for London members and, where seats are allocated to a registered party, the names of the persons on the party list who, in accordance with paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act, are to fill those seats.

(2) The GLRO must give public notice of—

(a)the registered parties to which seats for London members have been allocated and the names of the list candidates by whom those seats are to be filled,

(b)the names of the successful individual candidates,

(c)the total number of London votes given for each registered party and each individual candidate,

(d)the total number of candidates of registered parties returned as constituency members,

(e)the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers,

(f)the name of every person included on a party list who has been omitted from, or (pursuant to paragraph 8(10) of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act) is to be treated as ceasing to be on, that list, together with the reason for the omission or cessation, as the case may be.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), after the GLRO complies with paragraphs (1) and (2), he may give public notice of the information referred to paragraph (2)(c) and (e) so as to set out the number of votes falling under each of those heads, in respect of each ward.

(4) Where the sum of F1...votes given for all registered parties and individual candidates in any ward does not exceed 500, the GLRO must not give notice under paragraph (3) in respect of that ward alone, but must amalgamate the figures for that ward with those for any other ward in which more than 500 votes have been given, in the same Assembly constituency.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 2 rule 57(4) omitted (1.3.2012) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/198), rules 1(1), 4(1)