Election Office
UK Parliamentary Election 6th May 2010
Notice of Election
UK PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
for
NA H-EILEANAN AN IAR CONSTITUENCY
1. An election is to be held for a Member to serve in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the said Constituency.
2. NOMINATION PAPERS, together with a deposit of £500, may be delivered by the candidate, his/her proposer or seconder or election agent (where previously arranged) to the Returning Officer at:
the Election Office, Council Offices, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2BW
between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00pm on any weekday after the date of this notice, but not later than 4.00pm on Tuesday 20 April 2010.
3. Acceptable forms of payment for nomination deposits are electronic transfer of funds, bankers draft and cash.
4. Forms of nomination may be obtained at the place and times mentioned above. The Returning Officer will at the request of any elector prepare a nomination paper for signature.
5. If the election is contested, the poll will take place between the hours of 7.00am and 10.00pm on Thursday 6 May 2010.
6. Postal or Proxy Voting
- Applications to vote by post or by proxy or applications to cancel or alter postal and proxy votes, or to change from postal to proxy voting MUST reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the above address by 5.00pm on Tuesday 20 April 2010.
- Applications to vote by proxy, except for medical emergencies, must be with the Electoral Registration Officer by 5.00pm on Tuesday 27 April 2010.
- Applications to vote by proxy on grounds of a medical emergency must be with the Returning Officer by 5.00pm on Thursday 6 May 2010.
For advice on postal or proxy voting, contact the Electoral Registration Officer on 01851 706262.
Malcolm Burr
Returning Officer
13th day of April 2010
NOTE
- The attention of candidates and electors is drawn to the rules for filling up nomination papers and other provisions relating to nomination contained in the parliamentary election rules in Schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as amended.
- Every person guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice will, on conviction, be liable to the penalties imposed by the Representation of the People Act 1983, as amended.
- All issues of postal ballot papers (except where a postal voter applies in person for a replacement for a spoilt or lost postal ballot paper) will be made by first class mail. A postal ballot paper (together with the Postal Voting Statement and appropriate envelopes) may be returned either (a) by post or by hand to the Returning Officer or (b) by hand to a polling station in the constituency. Any person intending to vote by post, who may be unable to deal timeously with a postal ballot paper under the foregoing arrangements, should consider applying instead for appointment of a proxy.
