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Political Parties and Elections Bill

Amendment 114 114: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause— "Local pre-candidacy spending limit In the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) ("the 1983 Act"), after section 75A there is inserted— "75B Local pre-candidacy spending limit (1) No registered political party may spend more than £50,000 in qualifying expenditure in any individual parliamentary constituency in each 12 month period following the date of a general election. (2) If a by-election is held in the constituency, the limit mentioned in subsection (1) shall be increased for that constituency by the relevant limit on election expenses at by-elections in force at the time of the by-election. (3) In this section "qualifying expenditure" has the same meaning as in section (Qualifying expenditure), as inserted by the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009. (4) Where constituency boundaries change between one general election and the next, the Electoral Commission may apportion expenditure between constituencies in any manner it thinks fit, provided that it has issued guidance on how it intends to make such an apportionment. (5) Section 76 applies from the dissolution of Parliament until the day of the general election.""