This guidance covers the conduct of civil servants in the run up to local, national, European elections. It also covers the referendum on the voting system for the UK Parliament, the Scottish referendum and the EU referendum.
Added the document: General election guidance 2024: guidance for civil servants
Added the document: May 2024 Elections: guidance on conduct for civil servants
Guidance added for May 2023 local elections.
Added guidance for the May 2022 elections.
Upload of May 2021 HTML version
Upload of May 2021 guidance.
Added HTML version of general election guidance 2019
2019 GE guidance added
Added 'May 2019 elections for the European Parliament: guidance on conduct'.
Added attachment: 'May 2019 elections: guidance on conduct'
Local election guidance added for civil servants.
General election guidance 2017 added
May 2017 local and mayoral elections guidance added.
Northern Ireland election 2017 guidance added.
Added May 2016 elections guidance
General election 2015: guidance for civil servants published
Removed out-of-date Scotland referendum guidance.
Published Scottish referendum guidance for UK civil servants that takes effect from 22 August 2014.
Scottish referendum guidance updated.
May 2014 European Parliament and local authority elections guidance added.
First published.