The Costs of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections
December 2016
The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
December 2016
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Contents
Foreword 4
Summary 5
Key Facts 5
Introduction 7
About the elections 7
About this report 8
Other information about the elections 8
Sources of funding 9
How are elections funded 9
The legislative framework 10
Administration of the funding 11
What did the elections cost 15
Returning officersrsquo expenses 15
Returning officersrsquo services 19
Centrally funded expenditure 20
Other election related expenditure 20
Appendix A Summary Data 23
Financial summary 23
Allocated and actual costs 24
Average costs per electorvoteunit 25
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data 26
3 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Chris Skidmore MP
Minister for the Constitution
The Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Kris Hopkins MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland
Foreword | 4
Foreword
This report is the first time that the UK
Government has published in detail the
costs of a set of national elections and
precisely what each of these costs were
It is important to a healthy democracy that
elections operate transparently and
accountably This includes showing to
voters how their money has been spent to
deliver them The report sets out these
details in full and we are also publishing the
complete dataset to allow anyone with an
interest to interrogate the numbers for
themselves
In publishing these data we also hope to
facilitate greater sharing of best practice
between returning officers to encourage the
efficient and effective delivery of elections It
is crucial that our elections are funded
properly so that they can be run fairly and
securely to deliver accurate and trusted
results but we must also seek to ensure
that public money is utilised in as cost-
effective a manner as possible
These elections were the first to be run
under our new funding model and we have
seen a considerable improvement in the
accuracy of our funding allocations This
allowed us to request less money in real
terms from the Treasury while still providing
the necessary resources to returning
officers
We will be undertaking further work to
review these arrangements in advance of
the next set of national polls This will help
us to make sure that we continue to provide
appropriate levels of funding whilst also
driving better value for money
We are extremely grateful for the hard work
and expertise of returning officers and their
electoral services teams across the UK
This information helps to put into context
the enormity of the challenge that they face
in delivering a national poll a challenge that
they continue to meet successfully
We hope that this information will be of use
to all those who work on the administration
of national elections and also that it will
prove informative to the wider public
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
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The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
December 2016
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Contents
Foreword 4
Summary 5
Key Facts 5
Introduction 7
About the elections 7
About this report 8
Other information about the elections 8
Sources of funding 9
How are elections funded 9
The legislative framework 10
Administration of the funding 11
What did the elections cost 15
Returning officersrsquo expenses 15
Returning officersrsquo services 19
Centrally funded expenditure 20
Other election related expenditure 20
Appendix A Summary Data 23
Financial summary 23
Allocated and actual costs 24
Average costs per electorvoteunit 25
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data 26
3 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Chris Skidmore MP
Minister for the Constitution
The Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Kris Hopkins MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland
Foreword | 4
Foreword
This report is the first time that the UK
Government has published in detail the
costs of a set of national elections and
precisely what each of these costs were
It is important to a healthy democracy that
elections operate transparently and
accountably This includes showing to
voters how their money has been spent to
deliver them The report sets out these
details in full and we are also publishing the
complete dataset to allow anyone with an
interest to interrogate the numbers for
themselves
In publishing these data we also hope to
facilitate greater sharing of best practice
between returning officers to encourage the
efficient and effective delivery of elections It
is crucial that our elections are funded
properly so that they can be run fairly and
securely to deliver accurate and trusted
results but we must also seek to ensure
that public money is utilised in as cost-
effective a manner as possible
These elections were the first to be run
under our new funding model and we have
seen a considerable improvement in the
accuracy of our funding allocations This
allowed us to request less money in real
terms from the Treasury while still providing
the necessary resources to returning
officers
We will be undertaking further work to
review these arrangements in advance of
the next set of national polls This will help
us to make sure that we continue to provide
appropriate levels of funding whilst also
driving better value for money
We are extremely grateful for the hard work
and expertise of returning officers and their
electoral services teams across the UK
This information helps to put into context
the enormity of the challenge that they face
in delivering a national poll a challenge that
they continue to meet successfully
We hope that this information will be of use
to all those who work on the administration
of national elections and also that it will
prove informative to the wider public
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
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Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
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Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Contents
Foreword 4
Summary 5
Key Facts 5
Introduction 7
About the elections 7
About this report 8
Other information about the elections 8
Sources of funding 9
How are elections funded 9
The legislative framework 10
Administration of the funding 11
What did the elections cost 15
Returning officersrsquo expenses 15
Returning officersrsquo services 19
Centrally funded expenditure 20
Other election related expenditure 20
Appendix A Summary Data 23
Financial summary 23
Allocated and actual costs 24
Average costs per electorvoteunit 25
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data 26
3 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Chris Skidmore MP
Minister for the Constitution
The Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Kris Hopkins MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland
Foreword | 4
Foreword
This report is the first time that the UK
Government has published in detail the
costs of a set of national elections and
precisely what each of these costs were
It is important to a healthy democracy that
elections operate transparently and
accountably This includes showing to
voters how their money has been spent to
deliver them The report sets out these
details in full and we are also publishing the
complete dataset to allow anyone with an
interest to interrogate the numbers for
themselves
In publishing these data we also hope to
facilitate greater sharing of best practice
between returning officers to encourage the
efficient and effective delivery of elections It
is crucial that our elections are funded
properly so that they can be run fairly and
securely to deliver accurate and trusted
results but we must also seek to ensure
that public money is utilised in as cost-
effective a manner as possible
These elections were the first to be run
under our new funding model and we have
seen a considerable improvement in the
accuracy of our funding allocations This
allowed us to request less money in real
terms from the Treasury while still providing
the necessary resources to returning
officers
We will be undertaking further work to
review these arrangements in advance of
the next set of national polls This will help
us to make sure that we continue to provide
appropriate levels of funding whilst also
driving better value for money
We are extremely grateful for the hard work
and expertise of returning officers and their
electoral services teams across the UK
This information helps to put into context
the enormity of the challenge that they face
in delivering a national poll a challenge that
they continue to meet successfully
We hope that this information will be of use
to all those who work on the administration
of national elections and also that it will
prove informative to the wider public
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
39 | T
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
Contents
Foreword 4
Summary 5
Key Facts 5
Introduction 7
About the elections 7
About this report 8
Other information about the elections 8
Sources of funding 9
How are elections funded 9
The legislative framework 10
Administration of the funding 11
What did the elections cost 15
Returning officersrsquo expenses 15
Returning officersrsquo services 19
Centrally funded expenditure 20
Other election related expenditure 20
Appendix A Summary Data 23
Financial summary 23
Allocated and actual costs 24
Average costs per electorvoteunit 25
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data 26
3 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Chris Skidmore MP
Minister for the Constitution
The Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Kris Hopkins MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland
Foreword | 4
Foreword
This report is the first time that the UK
Government has published in detail the
costs of a set of national elections and
precisely what each of these costs were
It is important to a healthy democracy that
elections operate transparently and
accountably This includes showing to
voters how their money has been spent to
deliver them The report sets out these
details in full and we are also publishing the
complete dataset to allow anyone with an
interest to interrogate the numbers for
themselves
In publishing these data we also hope to
facilitate greater sharing of best practice
between returning officers to encourage the
efficient and effective delivery of elections It
is crucial that our elections are funded
properly so that they can be run fairly and
securely to deliver accurate and trusted
results but we must also seek to ensure
that public money is utilised in as cost-
effective a manner as possible
These elections were the first to be run
under our new funding model and we have
seen a considerable improvement in the
accuracy of our funding allocations This
allowed us to request less money in real
terms from the Treasury while still providing
the necessary resources to returning
officers
We will be undertaking further work to
review these arrangements in advance of
the next set of national polls This will help
us to make sure that we continue to provide
appropriate levels of funding whilst also
driving better value for money
We are extremely grateful for the hard work
and expertise of returning officers and their
electoral services teams across the UK
This information helps to put into context
the enormity of the challenge that they face
in delivering a national poll a challenge that
they continue to meet successfully
We hope that this information will be of use
to all those who work on the administration
of national elections and also that it will
prove informative to the wider public
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
App
end
ix B
Retu
rnin
g O
fficer D
ata
| 40
England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
3 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Chris Skidmore MP
Minister for the Constitution
The Rt Hon David Mundell MP
Secretary of State for Scotland
Kris Hopkins MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland
Foreword | 4
Foreword
This report is the first time that the UK
Government has published in detail the
costs of a set of national elections and
precisely what each of these costs were
It is important to a healthy democracy that
elections operate transparently and
accountably This includes showing to
voters how their money has been spent to
deliver them The report sets out these
details in full and we are also publishing the
complete dataset to allow anyone with an
interest to interrogate the numbers for
themselves
In publishing these data we also hope to
facilitate greater sharing of best practice
between returning officers to encourage the
efficient and effective delivery of elections It
is crucial that our elections are funded
properly so that they can be run fairly and
securely to deliver accurate and trusted
results but we must also seek to ensure
that public money is utilised in as cost-
effective a manner as possible
These elections were the first to be run
under our new funding model and we have
seen a considerable improvement in the
accuracy of our funding allocations This
allowed us to request less money in real
terms from the Treasury while still providing
the necessary resources to returning
officers
We will be undertaking further work to
review these arrangements in advance of
the next set of national polls This will help
us to make sure that we continue to provide
appropriate levels of funding whilst also
driving better value for money
We are extremely grateful for the hard work
and expertise of returning officers and their
electoral services teams across the UK
This information helps to put into context
the enormity of the challenge that they face
in delivering a national poll a challenge that
they continue to meet successfully
We hope that this information will be of use
to all those who work on the administration
of national elections and also that it will
prove informative to the wider public
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
Foreword | 4
Foreword
This report is the first time that the UK
Government has published in detail the
costs of a set of national elections and
precisely what each of these costs were
It is important to a healthy democracy that
elections operate transparently and
accountably This includes showing to
voters how their money has been spent to
deliver them The report sets out these
details in full and we are also publishing the
complete dataset to allow anyone with an
interest to interrogate the numbers for
themselves
In publishing these data we also hope to
facilitate greater sharing of best practice
between returning officers to encourage the
efficient and effective delivery of elections It
is crucial that our elections are funded
properly so that they can be run fairly and
securely to deliver accurate and trusted
results but we must also seek to ensure
that public money is utilised in as cost-
effective a manner as possible
These elections were the first to be run
under our new funding model and we have
seen a considerable improvement in the
accuracy of our funding allocations This
allowed us to request less money in real
terms from the Treasury while still providing
the necessary resources to returning
officers
We will be undertaking further work to
review these arrangements in advance of
the next set of national polls This will help
us to make sure that we continue to provide
appropriate levels of funding whilst also
driving better value for money
We are extremely grateful for the hard work
and expertise of returning officers and their
electoral services teams across the UK
This information helps to put into context
the enormity of the challenge that they face
in delivering a national poll a challenge that
they continue to meet successfully
We hope that this information will be of use
to all those who work on the administration
of national elections and also that it will
prove informative to the wider public
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
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Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
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Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
5 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Summary
The total paid from the UK
Governmentrsquos Consolidated
Fund for the costs of the May
2014 European Parliamentary
elections was pound108689344
This total includes the costs for all aspects
of the conduct of the poll that were met from
the Consolidated Fund including the
distribution of poll cards operation of polling
stations provision of postal votes the
count and the fees paid to returning officers
for their services in delivering the elections
It also includes the cost of the delivery of
candidatesrsquo election leaflets (lsquomailingsrsquo)
It does not include costs not met from the
Consolidated Fund or the costs of electoral
registration
The funding was administered by the
Cabinet Office the Scotland Office and the
Northern Ireland Office
This is the first time that the Government
has published a report on the cost of a
national poll including releasing the full
data on how this money was spent This
follows a report published by the Electoral
Commission in December 2012 on the cost
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System1
Key Facts
The total cost of the conduct of the elections
is broken down as follows
pound25 million for returning officersrsquo services
pound656 million for returning officersrsquo expenses and
pound406 million for candidate mailings
In addition pound330816 was paid back into the Consolidated Fund in forfeited candidate deposits
The elections took place in 12 electoral constituencies across all of the UK and Gibraltar At the election
465 million people were registered and eligible to vote of whom
72 million were registered to vote by post and
165 million cast a vote
The elections were conducted by
11 Regional Returning Officers
381 Local Returning Officers and
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
with the support of local authority electoral
services teams local authority staff and
resources more widely and the Electoral
Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
1 The Electoral Commission December 2012 Costs of the May 2011 Referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting
System
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
27 | T
he C
osts
of th
e 2
01
4 E
uro
pean
Parlia
me
nta
ry E
lectio
ns
84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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end
ix B
Retu
rnin
g O
fficer D
ata
| 38
353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
39 | T
he C
osts
of th
e 2
01
4 E
uro
pean
Parlia
me
nta
ry E
lectio
ns
Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
App
end
ix B
Retu
rnin
g O
fficer D
ata
| 40
England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
Summary | 6
pound1087 million expenditure on the 2014
European Parliamentary
elections from the
Consolidated Fund
pound25 million payments to returning
officers for their services
in running the poll
pound656 million payments to returning
officers for expenses
incurred running the poll
pound406 million payments to Royal Mail
for delivering candidate
mailings
393 777 electoral areas in which actual expenditure as a
the expenditure was proportion of allocated
incurred funding
pound147 pound412 average cost per eligible average cost per vote
registered elector for the cast for the conduct of
conduct of the elections the elections
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
7 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Introduction
About the elections
On 22 May 2014 elections were held across
the UK and Gibraltar to return 73 Members
of the European Parliament (MEPs)
MEPs were elected in 11 electoral
constituencies in Great Britain and Gibraltar
using the party-list proportional
representation system and in one electoral
constituency in Northern Ireland using the
single transferable vote system
In Great Britain and Gibraltar each electoral
constituency was presided over by a
Returning Officer (typically referred to as a
Regional Returning Officer)2 The Regional
Returning Officers were responsible for
publishing notice of the election
the conduct of the nomination process
collation of results within their constituency
determining the allocation of seats and
the declaration of the result
These electoral constituencies were then
subdivided into 381 smaller local counting
areas each presided over by a Local
Returning Officer
The local counting areas were Gibraltar and
the principal area local authorities of Great
Britain
Local Returning Officers were responsible
for
the conduct of the poll in their area
the printing of ballot papers
the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers
the verification of the ballot paper accounts and
the counting of the votes given in their area
In Northern Ireland the electoral
constituency was not subdivided into local
counting areas The Chief Electoral Officer
for Northern Ireland is the returning officer
for all elections in Northern Ireland and so
held responsibilities equivalent to both a
Regional Returning Officer and a Local
Returning Officer for these elections
The counts for these elections did not take
place immediately following the close of
polls as is the case with UK Parliamentary
General Elections Instead the verification
of ballot papers took place on the day after
the close of polls while the counting of
votes took place on 25 May in Great Britain
and 26 May in Northern Ireland to follow the
close of polls across all EU member states
In total 165 million people in the UK cast a
vote in the elections out of 465 million on
the electoral register a turnout of 356
2 The term lsquoreturning officersrsquo is used to refer to both Regional Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
Introduction | 8
About this report
The purpose of this report is to provide
greater transparency to the public on the
cost of running UK-wide elections This
includes making available the underlying
dataset in an open and accessible manner
The first section of the report sets out how
elections are funded including the
legislative framework governing election
funding and the administration of that
funding The second section of the report
sets out the cost of the elections according
to the various types of expenditure
Further data including a breakdown of
costs by local authority by European
constituency and with comparisons to
electorate and turnout are appended to the
report
The report does not seek to review or make
recommendations about how the elections
were funded or administered or the level of
funding provided
The complete dataset underpinning this
report has been published concurrently on
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Other information about the
elections
In July 2014 the Electoral Commission
published a report on the administration of
the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections3
Following this it published a second report
on campaign spending in December 20144
Both of these reports are available on the
Electoral Commissionrsquos website at
wwwelectoralcommissionorguk
The Electoral Commission also publishes a
series of electoral data and detailed
information on campaign expenditure and
donations to political parties and registered
campaign groups
Candidate spending returns which record
expenditure by individual candidates were
available on request from the relevant
Regional Returning Officer for a period of
one year after the election
Full details of the results of the 2014
European Elections are available from the
BBC5
3 The Electoral Commission July 2014 The European Parliamentary Elections and the Local Government Elections in
England and Northern Ireland Report on the Administration of the 22 May 2014 Elections 4 The Electoral Commission December 2014 The European Parliamentary General Election Campaign Spending
Report 5 wwwbbccouknewseventsvote2014
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
31 | T
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
9 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
How are elections funded
Sources of funding
UK-wide elections
The costs of conducting UK-wide elections are paid for by the UK Government from the Consolidated Fund This resourcing is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office and is subject to approval by HM Treasury
This applies to the elections of
Members of the European Parliament Members of Parliament and Police and Crime Commissioners
The funding is accounted for by the relevant government departments Each department produces and publishes an annual statement of accounts for the expenditure incurred within the given financial year
UK-wide referendums
Referendums held across the UK on
national issues are funded in broadly the
same manner as UK-wide elections As with
elections the delivery of the poll is funded
from the Consolidated Fund and the
amounts allocated to counting officers are
determined by the UK Government
However beginning with the Referendum
on the UK Parliamentary Voting System in
2011 national referendums are run by the
Chair of the Electoral Commission (or
someone nominated by the Chair) who also
takes on responsibility for administering and
accounting for the funding
In addition to resources provided from the
Consolidated Fund costs incurred by the
Electoral Commission in conducting a
referendum (including its own running costs
and payments to the official campaigns) are
funded through its annual Estimate which is
approved by Parliament
Further information can be found in the
Electoral Commissionrsquos report on the costs
of the 2011 Referendum on the UK
Parliamentary Voting System
Devolved elections and local polls
The costs of conducting elections to
devolved legislatures and local government
and referendums on issues that are not UK-
wide are not funded directly by the UK
Government The responsibility for
resourcing these polls falls to the relevant
devolved administration or local authority
Electoral registration and absent voting
The costs of maintaining the electoral
register including the annual canvass and
the registration process for absent voting
are legally distinct from the administration of
elections and are resourced by the relevant
local authority in Great Britain In Northern
Ireland the cost of registration is borne by
the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland with
funding from the Northern Ireland Office
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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| 38
353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
How are Elections Funded | 10
The legislative framework
Under regulation 15 of the European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
as amended by the European Parliamentary
Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 a
returning officer at a European
Parliamentary election in England Wales
Scotland or Gibraltar is entitled to recover
charges in respect of his or her services
rendered and expenses incurred in
conducting the poll This legislation requires
that these charges are to be paid from the
Consolidated Fund6
Regulation 16 of the European
Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland)
Regulations 2004 makes the same
provision for the returning officer for
Northern Ireland7
Charges Orders
The maximum recoverable amounts that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim for their
services and expenses in relation to
European Parliamentary elections are set
out in statutory instruments called Charges
Orders
For the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections these were The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 20148
which was made on 13 February 2014 and
has effect in England Wales Scotland and
Gibraltar and The European Parliamentary
Elections (Returning Officerrsquos Charges)
(Northern Ireland) Order 20149 which was
made on 20 March 2014 and has effect in
Northern Ireland
In addition to setting the maximum
recoverable amounts these Charges
Orders specify the types of expenses that
Regional Returning Officers and Local
Returning Officers can claim such as for
printing of ballot papers and undertaking the
count process Expenditure that Regional
Returning Officers and Local Returning
Officers incur must be necessary for the
efficient and effective conduct of the poll
Candidates mailings
Under regulation 63 of The European
Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
candidates at UK and European
Parliamentary elections are entitled to have
one election address (typically called
lsquomailingsrsquo) delivered at public expense to
either each named elector or each
household This is essentially a paper
leaflet setting out the candidate or partyrsquos
policies It is at the discretion of the
candidate whether the mailing is sent to
each elector or to each household and the
candidate is responsible for funding the cost
of producing the leaflet
The main purpose of allowing candidates to
have one communication delivered free of
charge is to provide a facility to inform the
electorate of the policies of standing
candidates andor parties and to help them
to make informed choices when casting
their vote
As the universal service provider Royal
Mail has the contract for the delivery of
6 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2004293made 7 wwwlegislationgovukuksi20041267made 8 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014325made 9 wwwlegislationgovukuksi2014794made
11 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
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The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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candidate mailings and is paid for providing
this service under the terms of a service
level agreement with the Cabinet Office
Administration of the funding
In advance of a UK Parliamentary General
Election European Parliamentary elections
the Cabinet Office calculates the level of
funding necessary for their effective conduct
in Great Britain (and Gibraltar for European
elections) and the Northern Ireland Office
calculates the level of funding necessary for
their effective conduct in Northern Ireland
This includes determining the amounts to
allocate to each returning officer for their
services and expenses and the expected
cost for the delivery of candidate mailings
The Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland
Office then agree the projected costs with
HM Treasury so that funds can be made
available from the Consolidated Fund once
the relevant Charges Orders has been
made by the appropriate Ministers
Following the final settlement of all
expenditure incurred in respect of the
elections any funds remaining are returned
to the Consolidated Fund
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash England and Wales
Prior to the election the Cabinet Office pays
an initial advance to each returning officer
of up to 75 of the allocation set out in
legislation Returning officers can
subsequently request further payments for
instance to cover invoices that need to be
paid urgently up to a maximum of 90
Each returning officer with the support of
their electoral services team is responsible
for delivering the election within their
funding allocation This necessarily means
careful planning of how best to use the
funding to ensure the election is run
efficiently and effectively whilst also giving
due consideration to value for money
Following the election returning officers are
required to submit a statement of accounts
showing the actual costs incurred in running
the poll
The accounts are then subjected to a
scrutiny process Once this is complete
where the costs incurred are in excess of
the advance the Cabinet Office pays the
returning officer the balance
Should an advance exceed the total costs
incurred the returning officer must return
the excess funds
In cases where the total cost of a claim
exceeds the maximum recoverable amount
allocated the relevant Minister has the
discretion to pay the additional expenses if
the returning officer can provide evidence
that the expenditure was necessary and
reasonable for the effective and efficient
conduct of the poll
Funding review
The Cabinet Office undertook a wide-
ranging review of the elections funding
model used for national polls in 2013-14
This involved extensive consultation with
stakeholders and led to a number of
significant changes These included
a new methodology for calculating funding allocations to returning officers
a more flexible and proportionate approach to scrutiny and
a reduced deadline for returning officers to submit their expenses claims
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
How are Elections Funded | 12
The changes came into effect at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
The new approach takes the actual settled
expenditure at the previous poll of the same
type (in this case the 2009 European
Parliamentary elections) and adjusts it for
price inflation electorate size registered
postal voters and combination to create a
more accurate estimate of expected cost
The new scrutiny approach sought to
reduce the administrative burden on
returning officers while maintaining
sufficient assurance over the regularity of
claimed expenditure
Three levels of scrutiny were introduced
each requiring a different level of supporting
documentation to be provided with a claim
Returning officers are assigned a scrutiny
category through a combination of risk-
based and random allocation
Where a returning officer claims for more
than their maximum recoverable amount
their claim is automatically moved to the
highest scrutiny category
The Elections Claims Unit
The Elections Claims Unit (ECU) is a team
within government that is responsible for the
administration of the scrutiny process and
settlement of claims
At the time of the 2014 European
Parliamentary Elections this function was
part of the Department for Communities and
Local Government (DCLG) but in April
2016 it transferred to the Cabinet Office
Returning officers submit their election
claims to the ECU The ECU is then
responsible for checking that costs have
been accounted for correctly that the
necessary supporting evidence has been
supplied and that the items claimed are
reimbursable
As part of this process the ECU may
request additional information or evidence
from the returning officer and query items of
expenditure
Once a claim has been scrutinised and all
queries have been resolved the ECU is
responsible for authorising the payment of
the remaining balance to the returning
officer
Returning officersrsquo services and
expenses ndash Scotland
The Scotland Office administers funding to
returning officers in Scotland according to
the same model that is used by the Cabinet
Office in England and Wales
This includes following the same process
for payment of advances submission of
accounts by returning officers scrutiny of
their expenditure and payment of the final
settlements
The Scotland Office does not operate a
dedicated election claims unit and scrutiny
of returning officersrsquo claims is therefore
carried out by its finance department
Returning officersrsquo expenses ndash Northern
Ireland
Prior to the election the Northern Ireland
Office makes available to the Chief
Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland the
allocation for Northern Ireland that is set out
in legislation Funding is drawn down by the
Chief Electoral Officer as necessary
The Chief Electoral Officer with the support
of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
is responsible for delivering the election
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
27 | T
he C
osts
of th
e 2
01
4 E
uro
pean
Parlia
me
nta
ry E
lectio
ns
84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
App
end
ix B
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rnin
g O
fficer D
ata
| 38
353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
39 | T
he C
osts
of th
e 2
01
4 E
uro
pean
Parlia
me
nta
ry E
lectio
ns
Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
App
end
ix B
Retu
rnin
g O
fficer D
ata
| 40
England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
13 | The Cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
efficiently and effectively within the Northern
Ireland funding allocation
The Chief Electoral Officer presents their
Returning Officerrsquos Expenses to the
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on
an annual basis and the report is laid before
Parliament The Returning Officerrsquos
Expenses are certified by the Comptroller
and Auditor General
Costs met centrally
Some elements of the costs of conducting
an election are not incurred by returning
officers and can be paid for centrally from
resources drawn from the Consolidated
Fund
In such instances the Cabinet Office will
typically agree a service level agreement
with the service provider
An example of this approach is the
centralised funding of postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
which occurs at some polls
In addition the cost of delivering candidate
mailings are paid centrally to Royal Mail by
the government
Combination of polls
Combination of polls refers to the practice
by which aspects of the conduct of two or
more polls are administered together where
the elections coincide
In such cases it is usually mandatory for the
combined polls to use the same polling
stations Other elements of a poll may be
voluntarily combined at the discretion of the
relevant returning officers This might
include issuing a single poll card with detail
of all the polls that have been combined or
postal ballot packs with all ballot papers in
the same envelope
There are clear benefits associated with
sharing procedures across multiple
elections It provides efficiencies to the
administration by eliminating duplication of
elements that can be shared across polls
Efficiencies in process also make
combination more cost-effective than if the
elections were run separately reducing the
overall level of funding required
Combination has also been shown to
increase turnout in instances where a poll
that traditionally experiences low turnout is
combined with a poll where turnout is
higher
It is not always the case that two polls
occurring on the same day are combined
and some types of poll cannot be combined
with one another It is however mandatory
for polls at certain elections to be combined
European Parliamentary general election
polls must be combined with the following
elections where they coincide
UK Parliamentary general elections
lsquoordinary local government electionsrsquo10
elections for an elected mayor
elections for Police and Crime Commissioners and
local governance referendums in England
It is possible for more than two polls to be
combined For instance a European
Parliamentary poll may be combined with a
district council poll and a parish council poll
10 An lsquoordinary local government electionrsquo is one that occurs according to the regular electoral cycle and not as a result of
a vacancy
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
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Total
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Total
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Cost per
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Cost
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(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
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Electoral Electorate
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
How are Elections Funded | 14
In the May 2014 elections 160 out of 381 and are only permitted to claim for the
local counting areas were subject to some appropriate proportion
degree of combination including all 32
London boroughs
In circumstances where polls are subject to
combination the costs of the shared
aspects are divided equally between each
of the polls
For example where poll cards for a
European Parliamentary election are
combined with poll cards for a district
council election half of the cost of printing
and delivery will be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and half to the local
authority If the poll cards were also
combined with a parish council election a
third of the cost would be charged to the
Consolidated Fund and two thirds (a third
for the district council election and a third for
the parish council election) would be
charged to the local authority
Efficiencies introduced by combination will
often result in lower overall costs to public
funds both in respect of the Consolidated
Fund and the relevant devolved
administration or local authority
Combination of polls is factored into the
calculation of the funding allocations for
returning officers The European
Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officersrsquo
and Local Returning Officersrsquo Charges)
(Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
specifies different maximum recoverable
amounts for counting areas that were
subject to combination and counting areas
that were not
Returning officers are required to record
clearly which costs have been combined
when submitting their accounts to the ECU
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
15 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
What did the elections cost
The cost to the Consolidated
Fund for the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections was
pound108689344
This consists of the payments to returning
officers for their expenses incurred and
services rendered and payments to Royal
Mail for candidate mailings
It covers all spending in England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland and Gibraltar that
was administered by the Cabinet Office
Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office
and paid from the Consolidated Fund
It does not include any costs incurred in
relation to the elections that were not met
from the Consolidated Fund such as
expenditure by candidates and parties on
campaigning expenditure by the Electoral
Commission or costs incurred by local
authorities administering combined polls
The chart opposite shows a breakdown of
these costs by the different categories of
expenditure
Appendix A provides further summary
information including comparisons between
the allocated and actual costs and the costs
per electorvote cast
Appendix B provides a summary of the
costs claimed by each Local Returning
Officer Regional Returning Officer and the
total expenditure by electoral area
The full dataset is available online at
wwwgovukgovernmentpublications
Returning officersrsquo expenses
The total amount paid to returning officers
for the expenses incurred in conducting the
elections was pound65589995
It is important to recognise that local and
regional voting areas vary widely in terms of
size population demographic composition
and combination with other polls Any
comparison most pay careful consideration
to the impact of these factors
Returning officersrsquo expenditure is grouped
into categories that reflect the different
aspects of running the poll
polling stations
postal votes
poll cards
the count and
other costs
Each of these categories is then further
divided into a number of sub-categories
which specify the type of expenditure
What did the Elections Cost | 16
Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Returning officer services
Other conduct costs
The count
Poll cards
Postal votes
Polling stations
pound25m
pound38m
pound84m
pound104m
pound124m
pound306m
pound406m Candidate mailings
Breakdown of the cost of the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
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Total
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Total
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Cost per
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Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
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services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
17 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Polling stations
pound30636549 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on polling stations
This is composed of
accommodation staff and equipment for polling stations and
the printing of the ballot papers
The costs of purchasing equipment such as
ballot boxes and polling booths for use at
more than one election have an equal
proportion charged to each of the scheduled
polls within their usable lifespan
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections there were 38983 polling stations
117 million votes were cast at polling
stations representing a turnout of 300
Polling station costs at the 2014 European elections
Presiding officers 6755679
Poll clerks 6127250
Supervising officers 823043
Travel and subsistence 697169
Training 2382111
Permanent accommodation 4485010
Temporary accommodation 1192600
Preparation and transport 2486220
Equipment 1294517
Printing ballot papers 4392950
Postal votes
pound12374009 was spent by Local Returning
Officers on postal votes
This is composed of
production of the postal ballot packs
preparing issuing and delivering packs
freepost return for completed packs and
opening and verifying returned packs including signature checking
It does not include costs incurred by
Electoral Registration Officers in
administering the postal vote application
process
Postal ballot papers are included in the
same count as the ballot papers from
polling stations The costs of counting
postal votes are therefore included in the
cost of the overall count
72 million people were issued a postal
ballot at the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections and 50 million postal ballots were
returned to Local Returning Officers
representing a return rate of 690
Postal vote costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation and issue 552537
Staff opening and verification 1701097
Training 17380
Printing and stationery 3857909
Postage outbound 2847730
Postage inbound 1849694
Accommodation 459004
Equipment 1088663
Poll cards
pound10377220 was spent by Local Returning Officers on poll cards
This is composed of
preparing and printing poll cards and posting or delivering poll cards
Under legislation each Local Returning Officer must issue a poll card to every person on the electoral register within their local counting area who is eligible to vote in the election
The poll card contains specific information including the date of the poll and the location of the electorrsquos polling station
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
What did the Elections Cost | 18
Poll cards may be sent in more than one
batch to ensure that they arrive in a timely
manner and are received by every elector
registered up to the deadline for
registration
Poll card costs at the 2014 European elections
Staff preparation 159990
Equipment 76424
Printing and stationery 1467295
Postagedelivery 8673511
The count
pound8437748 was spent by returning officers
on the verification and counting of votes and
collation of results
This is composed of the costs for all
aspects of the count process including
verifying that the number of ballots received does not exceed the number issued
counting the ballot papers and
collation of the results by the Regional Returning Officer to determine the result
Verification took place following the close of
polls in the UK however the counts took
place on Sunday 25 May 2014 to align with
the close of polls in all EU member states
Due to the use of the single transferable
vote system in Northern Ireland the count
took place over two days rather than one
and involved a more resource intensive
process than the rest of the UK which used
the party-list system This resulted in a
higher overall cost
Counts took place in each of the local
counting areas 16545362 ballots were
verified of which 16454665 valid votes
were counted and 90697 ballots were
rejected
Count costs at the 2014 European elections
Count staff 3680086
Supervising staff 1718589
Travel and subsistence 93017
Training 120505
Accommodation 1751478
Equipment 368013
Transport 455189
Security 250871
Other costs
pound3764468 was claimed by returning
officers for other costs
Returning officers may claim under this
heading for costs that they necessarily incur
for the conduct of the poll that cannot be
classified under any of the other categories
This includes items such as general
administration travel subsistence and
training which are not specifically or
exclusively related to one aspect of the poll
It also includes the following specific costs
Regional Returning Officersrsquo costs for running the nominations process
translation services
legal advice and
employer pension contributions for elections staff
Other costs at the 2014 European elections
Staffing costs 1910616
Travel and subsistence 38835
Training 484017
Materials and services 1290366
Nominations 17335
Translation 1700
Legal advice 8339
Staff superannuation 13261
19 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Returning officersrsquo services
The total amount paid to or on behalf of
returning officers for their own services in
conducting the elections was pound2542744
While the individuals are also employees of
local authorities the role of returning officer
is legally independent of the local authority
and the returning officer is personally
responsible by law for the correct conduct of
the poll They are therefore entitled to
receive a fee for the services that they
render in delivering the poll
Fee for services
The majority of the cost of returning officersrsquo
services is made up of the fee itself The
total amount paid to returning officers in
fees for their services was pound2414250
The fee for each of the Regional Returning
Officers was fixed at pound12000
The fee for Local Returning Officers was
calculated at a rate of pound475 per 10000
electors Where this amount would be less
than pound2500 they were entitled to a
minimum of pound2500 to recognise a minimum
level of work that is required regardless of
the size of the electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland does not receive a fee
Where a poll was combined the fee for
Local Returning Officers was uplifted by
20 to take account of the added
complexity of running combined polls It is
at the discretion of the returning officer
whether they claim the whole fee part of
the fee or do not claim for it at all
30 of 392 returning officers opted not to
claim some or all of the fee
A returning officer may also opt to give a
proportion of their fee to another individual
to whom they have delegated responsibility
for an aspect of the conduct of the poll This
does not alter the maximum amount that
can be claimed
There is a provision for part or all of the fee
to be withheld on the advice of the Electoral
Commission where delivery of a poll was
not executed effectively No fees were
withheld under this provision for the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Superannuation
The total cost of superannuation payments
to returning officers was pound128494
The European Parliamentary Elections
Regulations 2004 requires that where the
superannuation payments made by a local
authority on behalf of an individual are
increased as a result of any payment made
for returning officersrsquo services or expenses
the increase will be met from the
Consolidated Fund
Under the terms of the Local Government
Pension Scheme returning officersrsquo fees
paid in respect of European Parliamentary
elections are considered to be pensionable
Insurance and indemnity
As indicated previously returning officers
are statutorily independent of central and
local government and as a result are
personally liable for a variety of costs
These include legal costs if an election is
challenged and any public or employer
liability claims
Cabinet Office therefore provided a
comprehensive indemnity to returning
officers in Great Britain to cover public
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
What did the Elections Cost | 20
liabilities employersrsquo liabilities liabilities
incurred in their professional role and
liabilities for personal injury in respect of
their duties at the 2014 European
Parliamentary elections
The indemnity did not cover either the Local
Returning Officer for Gibraltar who was
covered by an existing indemnity as an
employee of the Government of Gibraltar or
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern
Ireland who was covered by an existing
Crown Indemnity
No costs were incurred or paid under these
indemnity arrangement at the 2014
European Parliamentary elections
Centrally funded expenditure
The total cost of payments made directly to
suppliers by the Cabinet Office in respect of
the 2014 European Parliamentary elections
was pound40556605
This cost consisted solely of payments to
Royal Mail
Candidate mailings
The total cost for the delivery of candidate
mailings was pound40556605
This cost only includes the amount paid to
Royal Mail for the delivery of the leaflets All
costs incurred in designing and printing of a
mailing were paid for by the candidate or
party
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
This is a practice by which Royal Mail
undertake a lsquosweeprsquo of sorting offices on
polling day to identify postal vote return
envelopes These can then be gathered
together and delivered to the returning
officer before the close of the poll so that
they can be included in the count
Although these costs are incurred under the
legislative provision for returning officersrsquo
expenses for the sake of efficiency these
costs can be paid centrally to Royal Mail on
behalf of returning officers
Postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo are not mandatory and
are conducted at the discretion of Local
Returning Officers acting under the direction
of their Regional Returning Officer
At the 2014 European Parliamentary
Elections no costs were paid directly by
central government for postal vote lsquosweepsrsquo
Other election related
expenditure
The costs detailed above include only those
charged to the Consolidated Fund Some
costs may have been incurred by returning
officers and local authorities that were not
claimed from the Consolidated Fund or
which could not be claimed from the
Consolidated Fund
There are also several other types of
expenditure that are not related the conduct
of elections and which are not met from the
Consolidated Fund These are incurred by
groups other than the Government
including by the Electoral Commission and
by political parties and candidates
Since these costs are not part of the cost of
conducting the election and ndash with the
exception of costs incurred by the Electoral
Commission ndash are not paid from public
funds they are not included in this report
However these categories of expenditure
are summarised below
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
Appendix A Summary Data | 26
Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
21 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Party and independent candidate
deposits
Candidates who stand in a UK or European
Parliamentary election are required to pay a
deposit
In the case of a European Parliamentary
election a deposit of pound5000 is payable by
each party fielding candidates or each
independent standing as a candidate
The deposit is held by the Regional
Returning Officer and will only be returned if
the party or independent candidate receives
more than 25 of the total number of valid
votes cast in the constituency in which they
stand
If they do not reach this threshold the
deposit is forfeited Returning officers are
then obliged to surrender forfeited deposits
to the Consolidated Fund within 24 hours of
the result being declared
Following the 2014 European Parliamentary
elections pound33081600 was paid into the
Consolidated Fund in forfeited deposits
This includes pound81600 of bank interest
received on deposits held by the Scotland
Office
Election expenses
Election expenses are costs incurred by
candidates for the purpose of procuring or
promoting their election after the date at
which they become a candidate
There are limits to the amount of election
expenses a candidate can incur and
candidates or their agents must complete
and submit a spending return to the
Regional Returning Officer following the
election
Spending returns are kept for a period of
one year after the election and are available
for viewing by the public on request The
Regional Returning Officer will then destroy
the return or where requested return it to
the candidate or agent
The Electoral Commission collates and
publishes aggregate data on candidate
spending following elections which is
available on its website
Campaign expenditure
Campaign expenditure relates to the costs
incurred by political parties in promoting or
procuring the election of their candidates or
otherwise increasing the standing of the
party or their candidates at an election
This expenditure is regulated by the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and parties must
submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
Non-party campaign spending
Non-party campaign spending relates to
costs incurred by individuals or
organisations that are not political parties or
candidates in campaigning for or against
particular candidates parties or categories
of candidate
Campaigners spending more than a certain
amount are required to register with the
Electoral Commission There are limits on
how much can be spent and campaigners
must submit a spending return which is
published on the Electoral Commissionrsquos
website
What did the Elections Cost | 22
The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
Appendix A Summary Data | 24
Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
25 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
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Total
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Cost per
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Cost
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(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
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Electoral Electorate
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Poll Postal
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
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services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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The Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is an
independent body that was established by
Parliament to regulate party and election
finance and set standards for well-run
elections
In fulfilling its statutory responsibilities the
Electoral Commission necessarily incurs
costs relating to elections held within the
UK
The Electoral Commission produces an
Annual Report and Accounts each financial
year providing a comprehensive statement
of the costs of its activities The Annual
Report and Accounts for 2014-15 covers
the period of the European Parliamentary
elections
Regulation of party and election finance
As the regulator of party and election
finance the Electoral Commission is
responsible for ensuring that parties and
non-party campaigners submit complete
and accurate accounts of their spending
It also has a duty to publish details of party
and non-party campaign spending and to
investigate potential breaches of the
spending rules for parties and non-party
campaigners
The costs of these activities are met from its
operating costs which are approved by
Parliament
Public awareness activities
The Electoral Commission also has a
statutory responsibility for increasing public
awareness of UK elections This includes
undertaking activities designed to increase
participation in elections in terms of both
registration and voting which will involve
incurring costs in respect of elections
generally and specifically in relation to
these European Parliamentary elections
Campaign broadcasts
Section 333 of the Communications Act
2003 requires that licensed public service
television and radio broadcasters must
carry party political broadcasts at election in
accordance with rules set by Ofcom Under
these rules party political broadcasts for
European Parliamentary elections are
carried by regional Channel 3 services and
Channel 5
Whilst there is no defined cost of airing
party political broadcasts this does provide
a nominal benefit to the political parties The
costs of producing a broadcast are the
responsibility of the respective party
23 | The Costs of the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
140211
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Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
()
Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
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() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Appendix A Summary Data
Financial summary
Debit
(pound000s)
Amount drawn down from the Consolidated Fund
Payments to returning officers
hellipin respect of services 2543
hellipin respect of expenses 65590
Payments to Royal Mail
hellipin respect of postal lsquosweepsrsquo -
hellipin respect of candidate mailings 40557
Forfeited candidate deposits
Amount surrendered to the Consolidated Fund 31521
140211
Credit
(pound000s)
139880
331
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Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
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Total
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Total
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Cost per
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Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
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services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
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Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Allocated and actual costs
Returning officersrsquo services
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure11 +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 183728 181173 (2555)
Eastern 234902 231469 (3433)
London 318553 297446 (21107)
North East 111197 110511 (686)
North West 286547 282097 (4450)
Scotland 209201 206921 (2280)
South East 337608 333595 (4013)
South West 222059 220404 (1655)
Wales 124590 124590 -
West Midlands 225568 224815 (753)
Yorkshire and Humber 216592 201230 (15362)
Returning officersrsquo expenses
Electoral area Funding allocation
(MRA)
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5607062 5230238 (376824)
Eastern 6146876 5859522 (287354)
London 6139852 6583250 443398
Northern Ireland 2018146 1900006 (118140)
North East 2725896 2618581 (107315)
North West 5942031 5872650 (69381)
Scotland 7615051 8160495 545444
South East 9081715 8864409 (217306)
South West 6729528 6447994 (281534)
Wales 4603705 4284022 (319683)
West Midlands 5455346 5304289 (150712)
Yorkshire and Humber 4435668 4462540 26872
Other costs
Electoral area Funding
allocation
Actual
expenditure +-
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Candidate Mailings 53344613 40556605 (12788008)
11 Excludes superannuation which is payable by law in addition to the Maximum Recoverable Amount
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
elector
Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
elector
Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Count
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() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Average costs per electorvoteunit
Per electorvote costs by electoral area
Electoral Area Total cost Electorate Votes cast Cost per
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Cost per
vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 5423293 3375663 1124146 161 482
Eastern 6104965 4374405 1581283 140 386
London 6890232 5490244 2225682 125 310
North East 2734862 1968780 610768 139 448
North West 6161060 5248681 1763432 117 349
South East 9226438 6440854 2348168 143 393
South West 6681091 4059915 1503925 165 444
West Midlands 5536938 4105304 1367685 135 405
Yorkshire and Humber 4673393 3868192 1303569 121 359
England 53432271 38932038 13828658 137 386
Northern Ireland 1900006 1226771 636093 155 299
Scotland 8385007 4016735 1345667 209 623
Wales 4415455 2291335 734944 193 601
Great Britain 66232733 45240108 15909269 146 416
United Kingdom 68132739 46466879 16545362 147 412
Per electorvote costs by category
Category Total
cost
Total
electorate
Total
votes cast
Cost per
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Cost
per vote
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Returning officersrsquo services 2542744 46466879 16545362 005 015
Polling stations12 30636549 39235337 11770124 078 260
Postal votes13 12734009 7231542 4775238 176 267
Poll cards 10377220 46466879 16545362 022 063
The count 8437748 46466879 16545362 018 051
Other costs 3764468 46466879 16545362 008 023
Candidate mailings 40556605 46466879 16545362 087 245
12 Excludes electors registered to vote by post 13 Only includes electors registered to vote by post
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
advised by the Electoral Commission
Appendix B Returning Officersrsquo Data
Local Returning Officers
Electoral Electorate
Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
Officersrsquo
services
(pound)
Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
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3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
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Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
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341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
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Unit costs by category
Category Total cost Units Cost per unit
(pound) (pound)
Poll cards (printing) 1467295 46466879 003
Poll cards (delivery) 8673511 46466879 019
Ballot papers (printing)14 4392950 51114000 009
Postal ballots (printing) 3857909 7231542 053
Postal ballots (delivery) 2847730 7231542 039
Postal ballots (return postage) 1849694 5048682 037
Polling stations 5677610 38983 14564
14 Approximation assuming the number of ballot papers printed by returning officers were based on 110 of electors as
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Local Returning Officers
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Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
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Poll Postal
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Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
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(pound)
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(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Count
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3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
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Local Returning Officers
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Postal Turnout
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Polling Returning
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Poll Postal
vote costs
(pound)
Other Combination
Area Voters station costs card costs
Count
costs
(pound)
costs
(pound) (pound) (pound)
Aberdeen 164177 32797 318 Standalone 8705 136007 86269 52971 52624 3988
194190 Standalone Aberdeenshire 36901 326 170283 9300 76490 65517 8366 42367
48250 Combined Adur 7918 376 21213 2922 5824 13471 5122 1755
69633 Standalone Allerdale 15758 361 72285 3565 28372 26494 5838 14097
98304 Combined Amber Valley 20126 367 51482 5781 15646 34412 7706 9292
87561 Standalone Angus 13474 334 100278 4164 27501 40115 7300 8588
67668 Standalone Argyll and Bute 11271 406 111840 3184 25336 28033 6332 21576
111422 Standalone Arun 14987 378 81740 5490 24599 37828 8599 19063
88429 Standalone Ashfield 14420 303 65807 4855 29823 31914 6098 13934
88719 Standalone Ashford 11520 355 91246 4568 28307 26679 9291 16776
135629 Standalone Aylesbury Vale 18755 353 118044 7344 44961 46315 22199 18793
69928 Standalone Babergh 8389 378 56774 3321 22736 18812 6445 11220
119810 Combined Barking and Dagenham 18098 382 76833 7008 25664 21773 975 24179
236815 Combined Barnet 42634 398 150890 12846 38916 49428 5183 56812
179405 Combined Barnsley 30663 297 80297 11608 29012 46172 10483 22459
52467 Standalone Barrow-In-Furness 3345 236 28407 2539 17247 11618 769 7324
131950 Combined Basildon 14730 322 49710 6922 11355 15412 6518 15123
Basingstoke and 129832 Combined 19522 365 58833 7584 27414 25825 10002
Deane 13950
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84762 Combined Bassetlaw 13691 336 66947 4529 13128 27683 1826 8604
Bath and North East 131218 Standalone 19597 385 84651 6431 40843 39668 18481
Somerset 26229
119150 Standalone Bedford 18923 342 108996 5853 31688 45452 13260 13037
179050 Combined Bexley 25479 384 133392 10243 19573 32620 5843 26973
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
715014 Combined Birmingham 61754 327 283191 39564 95065 125631 39797 179231
73121 Standalone Blaby 9360 323 35283 3520 24323 22204 7631 6277
103332 Combined Blackburn With Darwen 21439 383 52072 5518 14631 31861 4865 7479
108675 Standalone Blackpool 26661 302 69212 6018 22344 51532 12003 22377
52800 Standalone Blaenau Gwent 8951 270 65166 2548 16175 19707 5511 7974
57243 Standalone Bolsover 6770 273 47845 3062 19861 20103 5048 8922
197296 Combined Bolton 33842 367 66448 10383 27971 30874 6265 17608
44081 Standalone Boston 6865 333 34655 2500 13147 16431 5489 10154
132175 Standalone Bournemouth 17831 301 98057 6728 40869 36453 22887 27473
84702 Standalone Bracknell Forest 12747 328 44492 4087 17220 23582 7537 12877
342381 Combined Bradford 58649 380 142350 20216 59956 72943 31644 47629
110249 Standalone Braintree 15720 340 100090 6112 37068 37404 6507 20126
94755 Standalone Breckland 11847 361 98888 5490 29702 21710 7840 16271
192012 Combined Brent 19660 390 153606 3400 32458 24354 8336 26792
58238 Combined Brentwood 6921 393 30862 3057 6176 13346 250 10728
103303 Standalone Bridgend 18126 295 71398 6028 36169 50717 12053 22725
200368 Standalone Brighton and Hove 35342 379 133290 11500 48593 57422 15170 34487
310708 Combined Bristol 48333 368 138762 16914 48036 67067 20902 86403
98103 Standalone Broadland 14353 360 67670 5400 30472 30878 13550 12254
231329 Combined Bromley 33446 411 158666 12437 37877 46136 5222 40739
72116 Standalone Bromsgrove 10212 362 52309 3539 16134 24639 2903 15818
69639 Combined Broxbourne 11099 331 18810 3721 9080 11761 2487 5950
81239 Standalone Broxtowe 13669 378 68439 4812 16093 26874 3511 11801
66527 Combined Burnley 10054 330 29796 3473 11251 16413 4141 8621
142517 Combined Bury 29973 362 45183 3200 18121 42284 1180 7556
131092 Standalone Caerphilly 20619 294 100242 6225 39277 33666 9415 13581
145597 Combined Calderdale 31629 365 67270 8992 23840 41284 7612 20775
84292 Combined Cambridge 11549 442 30631 4727 7160 13093 1415 9994
140599 Combined Camden 20461 414 83859 7938 29108 28041 780 13353
75130 Combined Cannock Chase 10458 291 44165 3765 13605 15285 2834 4671
111683 Standalone Canterbury 11526 352 69648 6135 26319 19504 15944 16262
255556 Standalone Cardiff 41956 317 240990 11993 81659 80526 33532 70633
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84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
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East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
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(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
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Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
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341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
84704 Combined Carlisle 14094 344 69486 4948 14524 32144 11150 11264
139411 Standalone Carmarthenshire 30313 362 153253 6708 47239 58040 10537 38785
67670 Combined Castle Point 9337 355 23782 3506 9661 8799 3653 5745
201913 Standalone Central Bedfordshire 30360 331 146990 9753 54610 66392 28019 33710
55800 Standalone Ceredigion 8548 368 60025 3200 19736 10476 6046 13817
133336 Standalone Charnwood 15243 304 69545 6436 27066 29744 16944 14399
128335 Standalone Chelmsford 14805 341 87869 6175 30406 30110 12250 30450
86681 Combined Cheltenham 16530 384 34937 5360 12059 24466 6067 13459
106035 Combined Cherwell 13144 363 86741 6248 19512 26812 14807 18158
284213 Standalone Cheshire East 50662 327 230419 13810 76294 117797 13233 76052
Cheshire West and 253856 Standalone 31419 313 206491 12090 49678 49354 24923
Chester 40445
80634 Standalone Chesterfield 13996 308 52200 4398 22663 26688 7715 10401
90266 Standalone Chichester 13768 364 69189 4420 30460 27036 12041 8125
72940 Standalone Chiltern 9105 391 45390 4330 23570 20945 9231 10570
81958 Combined Chorley 23207 397 40282 4800 13392 39705 2725 7406
39435 Standalone Christchurch 6734 379 34531 2500 12889 13586 3423 6379
6120 Standalone City of London 1593 373 6703 2500 2667 4379 1321 1073
37371 Standalone Clackmannanshire 4121 326 33166 2910 13679 20064 14486 8579
123218 Combined Colchester 17739 370 61851 6175 18930 26371 1429 18306
92062 Standalone Conwy 11960 311 71373 4249 31086 34358 8752 21431
53867 Standalone Copeland 10078 342 34691 3249 9653 13869 1744 7016
43428 Standalone Corby 8903 338 27063 2500 11444 19694 5161 7641
407477 Standalone Cornwall 69316 361 387202 21265 145722 117638 50606 86567
68026 Standalone Cotswold 12668 383 84419 3669 20987 28638 6947 13254
399294 Standalone County Durham 81691 277 332347 20401 84498 157682 18772 44716
223394 Combined Coventry 22525 312 109374 11892 39951 28732 19528 48697
44473 Combined Craven 7357 384 35732 2700 8075 13741 3254 3627
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75409 Combined Crawley 12337 366 32464 4863 13577 11500 3079 11878
248923 Combined Croydon 39543 396 145781 6916 30845 45679 2265 29543
109482 Standalone Dacorum 15235 332 67670 5273 24461 19339 822 28947
78200 Standalone Darlington 15530 297 47272 3724 23589 30721 9072 6309
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Count
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() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
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Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
71466 Standalone Dartford 11140 370 84782 3431 21216 21292 2476 7336
60665 Combined Daventry 10356 381 36732 3494 7139 17711 3552 12622
75135 Standalone Denbighshire 13167 324 61831 4467 24207 27206 12313 7095
175766 Combined Derby 29863 346 50317 11325 14231 28028 15529 18224
57062 Standalone Derbyshire Dales 10224 395 69339 3108 17499 23645 5379 9644
219729 Combined Doncaster 60657 316 79309 11848 37617 55319 13152 28690
84784 Standalone Dover 14162 392 64448 4558 27847 32544 11289 20679
238888 Combined Dudley 29766 350 111895 12740 32010 31837 8285 19111
116696 Standalone Dumfries and Galloway 23128 367 143422 5553 37229 47994 9026 36035
105979 Standalone Dundee 17867 318 71783 5927 34431 51017 4989 16409
219952 Combined Ealing 22338 439 179576 12548 40869 31583 14776 71455
95370 Standalone East Ayrshire 13470 293 87500 4776 26841 50859 1918 17367
62835 Standalone East Cambridgeshire 6488 335 59100 3623 18982 15819 4241 11618
99143 Standalone East Devon 12425 414 78700 5852 42355 22714 7173 10863
71982 Standalone East Dorset 11477 387 47843 3422 15068 22477 5736 12209
82290 Standalone East Dunbartonshire 11287 384 63107 4422 27174 24998 5076 11973
87320 Standalone East Hampshire 13785 368 58820 4260 29211 21237 1252 21645
100340 Standalone East Hertfordshire 16552 373 81194 5480 30171 40054 9359 17767
105758 Standalone East Lindsey 16103 337 90977 5652 32021 33580 5108 12732
77617 Standalone East Lothian 13725 359 49108 4145 19727 33144 4355 12014
65203 Standalone East Northamptonshire 13236 363 50431 3137 15272 26802 15091 6285
67123 Standalone East Renfrewshire 13618 431 81758 3976 22245 31450 1657 18265
East Riding of 266618 Standalone 28534 318 219660 9561 84971 44490 -
Yorkshire 20275
85133 Standalone East Staffordshire 18243 327 68098 4154 27920 31464 4048 12738
70976 Standalone Eastbourne 13400 369 34486 4205 22498 29915 9530 14277
97495 Combined Eastleigh 19142 385 36835 5048 10797 20852 9309 12552
41517 Standalone Eden 4901 324 62023 2860 15216 15480 1263 8508
341154 Standalone Edinburgh 65836 416 237197 16423 110338 200521 68007 216282
95732 Combined Elmbridge 15639 383 76641 5165 18642 30772 497 20330
196782 Combined Enfield 21725 396 116962 10410 24276 18643 5582 31194
97320 Combined Epping Forest 8274 356 75553 5202 22186 17914 6763 15037
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56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Returning
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
56309 Standalone Epsom and Ewell 6956 352 40664 2718 17007 20530 8123 11471
85209 Standalone Erewash 15197 342 53179 5174 24924 35920 5625 14296
86101 Combined Exeter 14136 408 33475 4722 17536 23571 3709 10710
115308 Standalone Falkirk 12397 297 66656 5436 40617 28255 466 20681
89945 Combined Fareham 12480 390 51154 4688 2621 9302 167 3786
69659 Standalone Fenland 10904 333 46545 3872 20854 21415 6414 14036
286631 Standalone Fife 45500 320 258859 13992 91225 89958 5263 47463
115697 Standalone Flintshire 18528 312 67383 6899 37250 40492 17432 16062
38087 Standalone Forest Heath 5676 334 37403 3043 11360 15736 4942 4230
65876 Standalone Forest of Dean 10764 361 49841 3129 20888 22277 5568 9811
60517 Combined Fylde 12196 354 28600 3225 7777 13841 6127 9939
147386 Combined Gateshead 46517 355 60605 8894 9803 46624 5618 10231
86012 Standalone Gedling 13321 344 56323 4758 28064 23783 12330 12104
22265 Standalone Gibraltar 42 328 20856 2500 2394 507 14482 13754
460099 Standalone Glasgow 62080 282 474492 22300 125604 177117 40851 130672
90598 Combined Gloucester 17907 351 35079 4891 10954 17665 10934 13063
62834 Combined Gosport 6914 337 19262 3726 13056 4375 1762 4782
72854 Standalone Gravesham 10790 358 61269 3565 19437 26017 4813 16269
71903 Combined Great Yarmouth 10662 365 26065 3671 13825 20138 6571 6651
165222 Combined Greenwich 21623 389 117776 10810 27875 34591 6852 40042
101508 Standalone Guildford 22403 381 63646 4990 31381 45794 7885 25218
83358 Standalone Gwynedd 10232 352 97514 5810 30628 22401 8880 10611
160081 Combined Hackney 29889 415 101571 9004 18773 33226 -9094
93603 Combined Halton 6671 285 42331 4967 13872 9741 5570 10143
70942 Standalone Hambleton 12419 346 59210 3756 20934 26992 4759 11066
Hammersmith and 115717 Combined 17198 408 95818 6526 21483 24592 2703
Fulham 36766
67096 Standalone Harborough 12487 363 53791 3162 20310 28338 2210 6701
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175502 Combined Haringey 17883 366 110842 11166 23101 25027 7353 35740
60664 Combined Harlow 8357 343 15068 3315 9433 9673 4507 7072
117772 Combined Harrogate 21901 379 83829 7127 19936 33352 8911 15207
170864 Combined Harrow 32421 424 115313 9409 21321 33841 7575 25250
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
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Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
69411 Combined Hart 9344 393 24581 3616 12413 14676 2838 21018
70170 Combined Hartlepool 9420 273 25927 4197 6226 11262 6288 7902
59949 Combined Hastings 10760 383 22933 4082 9787 14169 672 13543
94930 Combined Havant 12073 327 35682 5553 8080 12741 208 11425
184104 Combined Havering 27984 435 91936 9754 20156 26111 1530 19731
134089 Standalone Herefordshire 18587 352 147666 6741 39660 34687 5439 36568
75789 Combined Hertsmere 10775 349 45518 4002 9870 18790 2544 11329
71890 Standalone High Peak 11303 343 66688 3421 15962 25566 4682 21192
180046 Standalone Highland 30709 363 196807 10201 58942 80494 23313 26339
201367 Combined Hillingdon 26561 370 113603 10838 18951 34476 15032 33836
84868 Standalone Hinckley and Bosworth 13828 321 46829 4079 14217 31436 7463 12066
100726 Standalone Horsham 16827 373 67384 4947 38165 28399 16873 12269
173676 Combined Hounslow 23502 391 126581 11305 16537 37549 20765 39382
126882 Combined Huntingdonshire 14316 362 86703 7822 24162 25193 7029 17747
60157 Combined Hyndburn 10388 373 30432 3015 8280 16773 4569 6440
57765 Standalone Inverclyde 12130 352 52684 3491 19384 33022 2266 22792
94737 Combined Ipswich 17881 361 37206 2682 9657 22061 5991 13353
111879 Standalone Isle of Wight 17117 318 62754 5341 35331 22537 7602 16676
1669 Standalone Isles of Scilly 121 319 4738 2500 891341 1213 1047
142650 Combined Islington 20197 406 85520 8141 20160 23542 2290 36529
Kensington and 88359 Combined 15253 336 54552 5639 10595 12193 3760
Chelsea 21730
70374 Standalone Kettering 16724 342 46942 3366 21144 29329 5160 35272
Kings Lynn and West 112438 Standalone 15812 350 84794 6000 34621 27036 9718
Norfolk 12235
184408 Combined Kingston Upon Hull 14260 271 76388 9892 35348 22546 6076 17180
111306 Combined Kingston Upon Thames 22184 446 70421 6043 13614 23813 39392 23641
309219 Combined Kirklees 49138 358 136791 16443 50919 87619 8001 33685
111927 Combined Knowsley 17426 288 51191 6388 13376 21910 4738 13569
201883 Combined Lambeth 23382 366 116778 6363 27361 30883 850 33132
103044 Standalone Lancaster 13701 341 62692 5124 35196 39823 10480 9395
534130 Combined Leeds 92795 349 261810 29406 91313 115440 48313 46756
220706 Standalone Leicester 28152 322 138348 11159 77439 57841 31074 47797
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75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
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East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
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(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
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(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
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Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
75223 Standalone Lewes 11539 388 56554 3986 18892 24762 9601 15692
183938 Combined Lewisham 22019 389 96206 10060 21719 17429 2163 40658
80019 Standalone Lichfield 7521 317 84001 4180 26834 50786 12639 18508
62156 Combined Lincoln 7441 307 29918 3924 8506 11715 4800 7043
319375 Combined Liverpool 47007 307 114821 16918 36765 55822 13580 52689
132825 Standalone Luton 15640 302 98448 6715 30080 37833 11506 20762
108834 Combined Maidstone 19407 399 59048 7186 19345 32017 8581 22193
47824 Standalone Maldon 5653 363 34882 1890 15718 10352 1633 4835
59536 Standalone Malvern Hills 7409 372 57615 3254 19328 16805 3493 18029
360956 Combined Manchester 56397 307 161201 19711 57887 67611 7878 73715
77133 Standalone Mansfield 11726 284 53261 4452 17917 29623 8584 9364
193650 Standalone Medway 32615 337 123998 9018 61120 76882 1384 41580
39419 Standalone Melton 4125 317 45774 2500 8172 12565 3984 9235
84310 Standalone Mendip 16287 378 82579 4121 22062 30401 3330 13295
43679 Standalone Merthyr Tydfil 6454 272 52417 2500 14048 14757 3716 8003
136701 Combined Merton 14959 439 95235 7207 13748 18701 2456 54098
59599 Standalone Mid Devon 8946 371 66394 3581 18120 17599 14973 6604
76471 Standalone Mid Suffolk 10720 379 69569 3630 24005 19322 5710 11642
106869 Standalone Mid Sussex 15238 351 67878 5040 4259 64608 4855 25535
98422 Standalone Middlesbrough 11562 242 56236 4796 25988 32623 8001 20360
65625 Standalone Midlothian 11267 337 40592 3600 20893 26975 9276 11240
179683 Combined Milton Keynes 27527 364 82352 9161 24289 32106 11183 36534
66885 Combined Mole Valley 12231 442 38989 3458 12594 15711 5218 14504
71421 Standalone Monmouthshire 8927 337 68558 3350 21794 16120 4601 19603
70915 Standalone Moray 12324 319 51936 3927 28327 43446 4667 7182
22039 Standalone Nan Eilean Siar 4070 350 30921 2500 7060 8486 14718 5105
107624 Standalone Neath Port Talbot 23508 325 116872 6146 34670 52232 7905 22946
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142683 Standalone New Forest 19599 355 96942 6780 45972 29298 9591 27113
85889 Standalone Newark And Sherwood 14818 361 84358 4102 28009 29108 12074 7615
201929 Combined Newcastle Upon Tyne 54800 334 85352 10700 31460 65710 12937 14902
98155 Combined Newcastle-Under-Lyme 12454 321 56812 5060 7933 17932 2882 4607
173606 Combined Newham 22146 436 84011 13599 14960 23285 1733 38560
103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
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Turnout
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Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
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301435
243477
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Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
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3764468
2709068
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103169 Standalone Newport 17579 309 88177 4752 34288 28584 3154 7296
108291 Standalone North Ayrshire 15444 306 82534 6179 30420 45548 8685 21974
74361 Standalone North Devon 10674 367 70003 4136 25351 18788 9446 12050
51784 Standalone North Dorset 7671 401 45827 2538 19595 13365 2465 8479
79331 Standalone North East Derbyshire 11624 315 69445 4125 30046 27511 4735 8391
113607 Combined North East Lincolnshire 14754 327 57275 6082 18992 14733 506 4495
98280 Combined North Hertfordshire 15415 377 43865 5039 13461 16087 3527 19964
84235 Standalone North Kesteven 7721 312 74249 4673 20420 19549 5909 12795
252954 Standalone North Lanarkshire 28808 281 273949 11723 97229 54207 26113 104503
124505 Standalone North Lincolnshire 24429 284 93814 6018 41304 47656 8649 11632
81866 Standalone North Norfolk 9827 398 93727 4502 26085 20435 10023 14916
158487 Standalone North Somerset 22743 359 118019 7673 49736 51606 19012 16406
157388 Combined North Tyneside 35923 349 54128 9688 19239 44283 2914 13570
49296 Standalone North Warwickshire 5135 338 41129 2845 15742 9477 7207 8650
North West 72506 Standalone 8364 315 62451 3511 15945 29219 5163
Leicestershire 5108
144008 Standalone Northampton 28150 338 99214 7535 45522 60730 9762 18335
242792 Standalone Northumberland 49970 324 156573 11820 83506 100022 66911 28097
103801 Standalone Norwich 21217 373 42765 5356 9955 17555 -9315
196818 Standalone Nottingham 35504 296 99459 9392 67495 64624 13322 26054
Nuneaton and 94061 Standalone 9323 336 40794 6029 13708 12058 4643
Bedworth 11830
44689 Standalone Oadby and Wigston 6963 332 18102 2500 13612 14304 400 3426
159565 Combined Oldham 20538 351 71841 8412 17992 26981 1487 30955
16718 Standalone Orkney Islands 3395 310 12688 3035 5252 6881 2848 3276
103855 Combined Oxford 8194 382 41999 7053 13376 10694 2842 12383
90725 Standalone Pembrokeshire 16133 353 99083 4460 40760 33341 19664 31790
66340 Combined Pendle 10975 394 29230 3553 11299 15462 4093 7029
111167 Standalone Perth and Kinross 18291 390 88546 6115 34824 49417 14904 26425
124044 Combined Peterborough 19897 373 56513 7045 20280 25405 3359 33350
179688 Combined Plymouth 33414 376 85498 9526 29383 42264 1564 16343
114273 Standalone Poole 16139 326 92646 6283 39363 38755 12743 32443
143620 Combined Portsmouth 17724 332 56475 7000 23221 15995 6407 8816
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102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Count
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() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
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Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
102713 Standalone Powys 14219 367 115591 5538 31379 29061 8752 12358
97044 Combined Preston 18894 346 44400 5229 14880 24727 4205 13766
35853 Combined Purbeck 4915 409 35941 2500 1857 17038 664 5318
118074 Combined Reading 17405 329 49781 6133 19300 21929 2987 25390
202197 Combined Redbridge 32024 409 101158 10850 31136 36752 8239 28626
103830 Standalone Redcar and Cleveland 15972 296 63714 4982 36778 36224 5410 15990
60657 Combined Redditch 8004 353 25957 3262 6580 16996 5137 9353
102286 Combined Reigate and Banstead 17758 374 51516 6389 16542 19101 9752 26887
123019 Standalone Renfrewshire 25783 371 127875 7449 39685 63223 3923 58293
173297 Standalone Rhondda Cynon Taf 32920 298 122653 8744 54696 52027 11775 22151
45760 Standalone Ribble Valley 4309 331 47402 2850 16285 15166 6837 6524
Richmond Upon 132622 Combined 24989 477 66241 7153 20806 31759 6921
Thames 28107
35643 Standalone Richmondshire 5172 327 43018 2810 11923 12046 691 5035
155429 Combined Rochdale 22463 339 65783 9937 22329 31505 3754 24639
66054 Combined Rochford 10803 362 31839 3931 6094 17269 3858 7940
52541 Combined Rossendale 8477 353 18335 3164 5513 16000 2905 6051
70082 Standalone Rother 8960 387 56050 3469 23887 19645 8148 16932
194956 Combined Rotherham 50505 351 79793 10228 35394 60259 11482 32186
73891 Combined Rugby 11489 386 39065 4122 12656 17720 4146 10470
63842 Combined Runnymede 7631 324 25533 3134 10351 17556 5165 12264
85939 Standalone Rushcliffe 24748 404 68473 4644 29276 49525 14523 24173
65349 Combined Rushmoor 9947 345 25167 3516 8791 14918 6648 9140
28933 Standalone Rutland 3960 356 28405 2500 7582 9221 3527 3539
40421 Standalone Ryedale 7054 344 52529 2860 13849 17413 10305 8919
171166 Combined Salford 36528 301 67950 9300 14293 49579 -17546
222706 Combined Sandwell 21801 313 92820 12098 30502 31233 9910 23883
84236 Standalone Scarborough 12535 311 60996 5059 28811 29088 14553 18304
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91488 Standalone Scottish Borders 10706 359 93081 5069 28500 33662 9331 15595
86225 Standalone Sedgemoor 12960 343 60565 4848 26617 27390 9060 20077
202387 Combined Sefton 32170 347 73789 10642 31454 26480 4382 16149
65954 Standalone Selby 11609 321 59707 3171 21933 22612 4352 8486
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
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Electorate
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Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
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card costs
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costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
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488551
364115
275541
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
85939 Standalone Sevenoaks 11656 375 80372 4770 26199 25376 5167 26024
393077 Combined Sheffield 74225 362 125792 8910 62762 59570 4594 49888
80063 Standalone Shepway 16258 381 55064 4378 23777 32492 12350 30937
17496 Standalone Shetland Islands 2187 296 23138 2500 10954 7635 1373 1046
226841 Standalone Shropshire 34281 345 210143 12704 69608 77298 11672 51609
90059 Combined Slough 12103 368 35612 5743 20612 32731 2133 7514
161999 Combined Solihull 21540 337 62231 10338 32139 21234 3206 11808
90400 Standalone South Ayrshire 16933 359 109223 2193 36330 27294 4532 22835
52050 Standalone South Bucks 8440 342 34772 2510 18131 22265 3131 11293
111666 Combined South Cambridgeshire 15396 428 80645 7093 23050 23115 6019 15019
74063 Standalone South Derbyshire 11109 327 49952 3502 17728 21760 5267 9155
204935 Standalone South Gloucestershire 36697 358 140307 11729 76100 63787 11357 19213
67649 Standalone South Hams 9219 415 71687 3275 22225 19022 5531 8177
65090 Standalone South Holland 8547 330 48413 3385 19815 13536 9774 11783
105107 Standalone South Kesteven 18890 324 80248 5962 36109 37158 5197 13294
80154 Combined South Lakeland 17294 447 59762 4362 20178 37055 2413 13517
247269 Standalone South Lanarkshire 31853 301 240039 13128 79102 101596 28155 59473
99147 Standalone South Norfolk 17023 379 84970 5481 36295 28161 2469 10313
South 68912 Standalone 11980 371 44889 3995 21499 23784 11541
Northamptonshire 14551
102421 Standalone South Oxfordshire 11434 344 75637 5414 34459 20648 4466 17376
85732 Standalone South Ribble 16244 327 47750 4112 26067 35402 4738 16295
127884 Standalone South Somerset 26749 392 120184 6221 41118 45968 708 17595
86009 Standalone South Staffordshire 10174 317 73541 4119 26745 23059 12683 8573
114445 Combined South Tyneside 38578 341 45899 6959 10593 49965 2924 21205
167714 Combined Southampton 24108 334 52628 10190 28299 20842 9999 19885
129688 Combined Southend-On-Sea 17212 334 54905 6738 11101 25737 6034 25564
193533 Combined Southwark 26359 381 107457 10705 22044 30089 7010 56334
72971 Standalone Spelthorne 9469 348 55527 3908 22664 17748 16620 18251
104688 Combined St Albans 17520 433 47546 7112 18205 22224 3530 16072
80330 Standalone St Edmundsbury 12810 371 77714 4806 24800 25855 6309 5989
135124 Combined St Helens 27456 309 50729 7265 15101 29011 6176 12759
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96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
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Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
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costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
96083 Standalone Stafford 11456 333 114746 5464 25553 27133 14451 25649
Staffordshire 78500 Standalone 10233 298 84412 3733 29837 26580 1124
Moorlands 21763
62520 Combined Stevenage 22714 371 19669 3375 9753 26626 2910 13706
66074 Standalone Stirling 8012 381 56007 3352 20652 28047 1589 7758
220409 Combined Stockport 39334 363 85192 11554 34908 37918 5568 17019
142428 Standalone Stockton-On-Tees 31158 294 75756 6804 32076 71621 10977 26685
186143 Standalone Stoke-On-Trent 17803 233 110630 9003 58896 37472 17349 13838
96783 Combined Stratford-On-Avon 16461 400 65679 5115 23483 24167 9915 13402
90314 Combined Stroud 14383 423 54945 5466 12208 10163 5463 13750
93213 Standalone Suffolk Coastal 17564 418 81682 4634 31593 34778 17460 16780
212496 Combined Sunderland 84429 324 68296 11316 17756 91012 13986 31342
64481 Standalone Surrey Heath 8183 332 34389 3218 20946 15107 2497 13083
140553 Combined Sutton 23209 432 83774 7499 15213 33379 2705 36999
97554 Standalone Swale 12601 335 62323 4698 19605 22631 6322 11045
182567 Standalone Swansea 31851 298 134233 8683 45197 57431 23384 29850
156315 Combined Swindon 28181 356 58080 8494 14532 26145 10001 21041
169714 Combined Tameside 35223 322 71230 9402 28003 32779 21171 22935
57316 Combined Tamworth 9030 332 28643 3581 10646 17777 3883 4315
59807 Combined Tandridge 8988 422 27433 3302 9145 14233 5821 7259
77039 Standalone Taunton Deane 13373 387 71800 4382 4493 23479 5939 16357
101476 Standalone Teignbridge 17577 388 73275 4522 31098 30960 6744 17332
122321 Standalone Telford and Wrekin 37296 350 71884 6534 26590 72468 6387 16429
110610 Standalone Tendring 15960 363 78694 5962 34588 35175 6068 11998
92664 Standalone Test Valley 17236 372 87949 4915 30698 35517 7452 22549
65589 Standalone Tewkesbury 8785 350 50797 3558 19059 14278 6826 4207
98854 Standalone Thanet 11281 364 51935 5177 30266 22087 5544 15771
67246 Combined Three Rivers 8246 378 38533 3584 7719 10345 2077 11201
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109359 Combined Thurrock 15392 349 52588 5847 13197 20220 207 30611
86772 Standalone Tonbridge and Malling 13519 366 71409 4561 29178 30506 5950 13794
104642 Standalone Torbay 15937 325 59848 5438 36636 26239 7082 21241
68636 Standalone Torfaen 13569 295 54376 4048 21244 27709 3838 9494
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
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Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
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(pound)
341977
301435
243477
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488551
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
51583 Standalone Torridge 7618 386 56240 2500 15509 19616 4541 11920
164242 Combined Tower Hamlets 28098 509 110551 7738 26307 21368 9421636
160548 Combined Trafford 46557 395 72395 8528 26146 56380 10282 20342
80452 Combined Tunbridge Wells 12951 398 41992 2253 16189 16603 2614 13678
62452 Standalone Uttlesford 8386 366 71666 3435 19541 23112 9320 14126
93098 Standalone Vale of Glamorgan 15839 365 112748 4486 29043 28793 7702 10052
93068 Standalone Vale of White Horse 10103 360 74195 4950 31297 19872 4797 17032
247649 Combined Wakefield 41188 308 126404 14754 39186 43980 12292 32460
196807 Combined Walsall 23773 337 94594 10398 33285 30678 5785 29382
164064 Combined Waltham Forest 22249 407 94201 9621 20403 34610 11506 43537
215504 Combined Wandsworth 38614 392 141824 11880 25228 42149 13196 50055
159018 Combined Warrington 26466 326 63679 8350 20066 37499 6554 20772
99432 Standalone Warwick 14586 379 92406 4493 34011 35351 14935 32643
65442 Combined Watford 11031 386 25496 4619 5575 12941 4440 11321
90264 Standalone Waveney 13469 345 64612 4227 29108 23617 6877 10109
92096 Standalone Waverley 13555 372 77349 5170 29115 24271 1748 18608
117333 Standalone Wealden 19701 380 78093 6073 38596 43193 11872 34973
52929 Standalone Wellingborough 9072 350 34992 2660 17026 19806 8905 8072
79039 Combined Welwyn Hatfield 13041 364 29113 4224 12125 15773 2516 11731
114388 Standalone West Berkshire 21670 354 105823 6153 36760 37104 4177 8795
42709 Standalone West Devon 7019 424 46147 2500 14227 15793 5195 6390
80548 Standalone West Dorset 11451 407 75886 3822 26849 25853 3903 15018
67186 Standalone West Dunbartonshire 7636 299 71856 3834 23409 20401 2394 9987
86697 Combined West Lancashire 15237 358 48534 4499 14812 22629 3665 11184
73320 Standalone West Lindsey 10436 315 74906 3465 16517 21491 17154 5467
129049 Standalone West Lothian 21319 341 99029 7259 41119 38390 4989 16409
79555 Combined West Oxfordshire 8394 386 47618 4854 17110 10943 5439 9711
27971 Standalone West Somerset 3164 392 34679 3005 5353 6325 4019 6183
121161 Combined Westminster 17275 350 93591 7426 30041 18661 7488 35220
Weymouth and 49592 Combined 6333 365 31255 2678 8984 11180 2256
Portland 8295
226840 Combined Wigan 44270 310 68334 12875 32806 49641 7481 28963
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353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
353735 Standalone Wiltshire 62228 370 310653 16751 108844 93046 3601 146407
92203 Combined Winchester 16243 433 57726 5528 11901 22404 4894 19013
Windsor and 102320 Standalone 13572 353 68469 5089 30519 34717 6256
Maidenhead 16142
238657 Combined Wirral 38090 350 69299 12473 22366 40214 8181 30017
70317 Combined Woking 13597 394 43904 4060 17545 21515 1766 16637
118842 Combined Wokingham 19783 391 55467 7496 18473 27014 7512 15833
174325 Combined Wolverhampton 18532 331 74832 9305 27369 32608 10942 17383
72960 Combined Worcester 12142 370 43648 4046 7915 18338 2022 15480
78618 Combined Worthing 13109 359 27063 4887 10111 17377 6086 7941
100428 Standalone Wrexham 15436 295 68430 5535 32482 33361 11184 13811
90807 Standalone Wychavon 15814 382 89704 4493 27706 32080 7455 17480
126005 Standalone Wycombe 15282 328 82021 6452 52059 36515 4393 21250
85415 Standalone Wyre 20639 352 61533 4104 28129 37215 2750 12251
76893 Combined Wyre Forest 10977 361 34403 4076 5229 18688 6298 12152
49764 Standalone Ynys Mon 8902 379 58522 3063 17175 19334 4232 9872
153470 Standalone York 14291 309 115916 7412 22507 53019 23182 24353
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3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387
Regional Returning Officers
Electorate Postal
Voters Turnout
Returning
Officersrsquo
services
Count
costs
() (pound) (pound)
3375663 549015 333 12000 19262
4374405 641640 361 12000 7120
5490244 794995 405 12000 33281
1968780 475550 310 12000 14389
5248681 920383 336 12000 34030
4016735 638339 335 13743 13315
6440854 962614 365 13572 13409
4059915 660344 370 13668 15234
2291335 387737 321 12000 7321
4105304 518779 333 12000 11440
3868192 663764 337 12000 2202
Counting Area
East Midlands
Eastern
London
North East
North West
Scotland
South East
South West
Wales
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber
Other
costs
(pound)
17025
13062
21580
7708
12285
27018
28867
29566
31009
14545
27673
Totals
Electorate
Returning Counting Postal Postal Count
Turnout
()
Officersrsquo Area Voters
Polling
station costs
(pound)
vote costs
Poll
card costs
(pound)
costs services
(pound) (pound) (pound)
East Midlands 3375663 193055 333 1112953 2345672 527024 549015 902612
Eastern 4374405 245443 361 1084642 2825183 697313 641640 950949
London 5490244 306983 405 950660 3481229 1144097 794995 763786
North East 1968780 116281 310 737750 1072104 255697 475550 381512
North West 5248681 920383 336 288410 2615230 1326590 894476 774384
South East 6440854 962614 365 360029 3974685 1711006 1553436 1138731
South West 4059915 660344 370 233097 3046344 1126130 1100810 810595
West Midlands 4105304 518779 333 232648 2506385 960213 836641 725510
Yorkshire and Humber 3868192 663764 337 210853 2057893 920274 758582 465308
Other
costs
(pound)
341977
301435
243477
171518
261969
488551
364115
275541
260484
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England 38932038 6187084 355 2186799 23924725 9930218 8142804 6538658
Northern Ireland 1226771 -519 29416 894630 377390 18382 180728
Scotland 4016735 224512 335 1644032 3736361 1094442 638339 1313486
Wales 2291335 131433 321 770339 2080834 427258 387737 740203
Great Britain 45240108 7213160 352 2542744 29741920 12344590 10196493 8060358
United Kingdom 46466879 7213542 356 2542744 30636549 12374009 10377220 8437748
3345628
3764468
2709068
417839
372173
265387