The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented the proposals contained in the government white paper on "Party Finance and Expenditure in the United Kingdom" published on 16 June 2008.Explanatory notes, paragraph 3
Provisions The act allows the Electoral Commission to question all donors individuals to companies, in any future investigation.
The act allows for UK political parties to be required to only accept donations from individuals who pay tax in the UK. Initially this was delayed until the 2010 general election. As of 2022, provision has not come into force.
The act allowed for electoral local authorities to collect personal identifiers (such as date of birth, signature and national insurance number) alongside the existing process of household registration, in order for individual electoral registration to be implemented in the future.
Notes
References Halsbury's Statutes, Justin Fisher. "Political Parties and Elections Act 2009". Current Law Statutes Annotated 2009. Sweet & Maxwell. Thomson Reuters. 2010. Volume 1. Chapter 12. pp 12-1 to 12-86. Bradley and Ewing. Constitutional and Administrative Law. Fifteenth Edition. Pearson. 2011. pp 148, 150, 157, 160, 165 & 187. Alder and Syrett. Constitutional and Administrative Law. Eleventh Edition. Palgrave Law Masters. 2017. pp 295, 296, 306 & 307. Paul Reid. Public Law. Third Edition. W Green. 2015. pp 92, 95, 96 & 172. Johnstone and Pattie. Money and Electoral Politics: Local Parties and Funding at General Elections. Policy Press. 2014. pp 35, 37, 133, 155, 163 & 177.
External links
Explanatory notes to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009.