The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002

Combination of polls

5.—(1) Where the poll at a mayoral election is taken together with the poll at one or more of—

(a) a parliamentary election,

(b) a European Parliamentary election,

(c) an election of councillors of the council of a county, a county borough, a district or a London borough,

(d) a GLA election, and

(e) a referendum under the Referendums Regulations (including a further referendum),

such of the Regulations and Rules listed in paragraph (2) as are applicable to the election or referendum concerned (other than the mayoral election) shall have effect in relation to the mayoral election; but the provisions specified in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in column (2) of that Part.

(2) The Regulations and Rules mentioned in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the 1986 Regulations,

(b) the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999 (including the European Parliamentary Elections Rules),

(c) the Elections Regulations,

(d) the Referendums Regulations,

(e) the Parliamentary Elections Rules,

(f) the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986(1),

(g) the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986(2), and

(h) the GLA Elections Rules.

(3) Where—

(a) polls are combined as mentioned in paragraph (1); or

(b) the poll at a mayoral election is combined with the poll at another mayoral election,

the Mayoral Elections Rules shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Part II of Schedule 3, except that the first of those modifications shall apply only where the poll at the mayoral election is taken together with the poll at a parliamentary or European Parliamentary election.

(4) Where polls are combined as mentioned in paragraph (3), the ballot papers to be used at each election or, as the case may be, the election and the referendum, shall be of a different colour.

(1)

S.I. 1986/2214; amended by S.I. 1987/261, 1990/158, 1995/1948, 1998/578 and 2001/81.

(2)

S.I. 1986/2215; amended by S.I. 1987/260, 1990/157, 1995/1804, 1995/1948, 1998/585 and 2001/80.