Part 1: Administration and Conduct of Elections Nomination of candidates at parliamentary elections Section 11: Home address form: statement of local authority area
Section 11 amends rule 6 of the Parliamentary Elections Rules set out in Schedule 1 to the RPA 1983 concerning the nomination of candidates at Parliamentary elections.
	Subsection (2) amends rule 6(5)(b) of the Parliamentary Elections Rules to provide that where a candidate does not wish their full home address to be made public and included on the ballot paper, they may choose (through the "home address form") that the local authority area (the "relevant area") within which their address is located will instead appear on the ballot paper. Currently, candidates may provide the name of the constituency within which their address is located instead of their home address, and the new provision gives an additional option as to the information that may be provided by candidates instead of their home address.
	Subsection (2)(b) inserts a definition of "relevant area" for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the purposes of these provisions.
	Subsection (3) amends the Form of the Front of the Ballot Paper for Parliamentary elections to give an example of a candidate providing the local authority area in which their home address is located instead of their home address or relevant constituency.