Commentary on Sections Schedule 3: Controlled expenditure: qualifying expenses Section 37: Candidate’s personal expenses not to count for local election expenses limit in England and Wales
138.Section 37 excludes personal expenses from being considered towards candidates’ expenses limits at local elections in England and Wales. This brings the consideration of personal expenses at those polls in line with the exclusion of personal expenses from candidates’ election expenses limits at UK Parliamentary, Police and Crime Commissioner and Greater London Authority elections.