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==Seeking election== | ==Seeking election== | ||
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A Member must be (i) aged 18 or over,(ii) a citizen of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland, and (iii) not a disqualified person such as a government employee, or a member of the House of Lords. [2], and anyone with those qualifications can stand for election who has been nominated by ten registered electors | |||
To be a candidate, you need to have a nomination form signed by 10 voters from that constituency. The papers must be returned by 19 April, along with a £500 deposit. Candidates do not need to be a member of a political party. The main parties have their own selection methods, usually involving central lists of candidates and votes of local members. To be a candidate, you need to have a nomination form signed by 10 voters from that constituency. The papers must be returned by 19 April, along with a £500 deposit. Candidates do not need to be a member of a political party. The main parties have their own selection methods, usually involving central lists of candidates and votes of local members. Registered parties are restricted in their spending for the 365 days before the election. Parties can spend up to £30,000 for each seat they contest - which adds up to £19,380,000 if they fight every constituency. They are also permitted to have spent another £3.51m on their European elections campaigns last year - provided they had candidates in every region. | |||
Localexpenditure on a constituency campaign is controlled for the three or four weeksof the actual general election campaign, with a limit of around £10-12,000 per constituency per candidate. National expenditure is controlled for the year prio | |||
<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/12/notes/contents ''Political Parties and Elections Act 2009'', legislation.gov.uk]</ref> | |||
<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/voting_system/newsid_1166000/1166514.stm ''Candidate selection'', BBC News, 17 February, 2001]</ref> | |||
<ref>[http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/party-finance-analysis/campaign-expenditure/uk-parliamentary-general-election-campaign-expenditure3 ''Candidates expenditure in the 2010 General Election'' The Electoral Commission, August 2010]</ref> | |||
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==Constituency duties== | ==Constituency duties== | ||
Revision as of 01:12, 25 February 2012
The professional career of a Member of Parliament normally begins when he or she finds a parliamentary constituency in which the selection committee of the local branch of a political party is willing to adopt him or her as their prospective parliamentary candidate. After being elected to the House of Commons, parliamentary loyalties are acquired, but constituency loyalties cannot be set aside.