Electoral Services privacy notice for elections and electoral registration
Part two – elections
Why collect data
The Returning Officer is a data controller and collects personal data supplied in preparation for elections or referenda and to support results. We will only collect the personal data required in order to do this.
What is the legal basis for processing this data?
We do this to carry out a task in the public interest and to exercise of our official duty under the Representation of the People Act 1985 and the Representation of the People Regulations 2001.
This ensures that elections or referenda are conducted in a robust, fair and transparent way.
We use records kept by the Electoral Registration Officer about potential and actual voters. In addition we compile and use data relating to:
- Election candidates
- Voters who propose, second or subscribe candidate nomination papers
- Election, counting and polling agents and their guests/partners
- Political parties and their officials
- Staff employed at elections
- Contact details for polling stations and count centres
These records may be written down, or kept on a computer.
Last updated: 25/01/2023 14:18
