Buckinghamshire Council unitary and parish elections Thursday 1 May 2025
Election results
Completing your spending and donations report (return)
The spending limit is £960 plus 8p for each local government elector in the ward.
Spend limits are lower for joint candidates. View details for how spend limits are calculated on the Electoral Commission guidance.
You can view the parish and unitary area electorate here:
- Parish areas electorate XLS, 31KB
- Unitary ward electorate XLS, 16KB
What you need to send us
After the election you must submit a 'return' of election spending and donations received.
The Electoral Commission has recently provided new spending returns which are available below:
Unitary:
- Nil return for unitary ward candidates who incur no spending and receive no donations. This is to be submitted instead of the normal return (below), but the candidate and agent declarations must also be submitted with it.
- Spending return forms for unitary elections
Parish:
Actual expenses are not reimbursed.
You must send us details of your spending and donations, and a declaration that the return is complete and correct. Email these to the Returning Officer by 6 June (for unitary candidates) and 29 May (for parish candidates).
Even if there are no expenses, you need to send a ‘nil’ return. You can send scanned copies to [email protected]
You can view guidance on the Electoral Commission website.
For further help or clarification on election expenses rules, email the Electoral Commission: [email protected]