2024 General Election candidate expense return
Case reference FOI2026/00031
Received 7 January 2026
Published 16 January 2026
Request
I am writing to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for a copy of the 2024 General Election expense return, including the statement of donations, for Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire).
To assist you with fulfilling my request, you may find it helpful to know that, as directed in the Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 81, Subsection 1, candidate expense returns would have been filed with your council’s acting returning officer following the conclusion of the 2024 General Election and are likely to be held by your council’s electoral services office.
In considering which information is necessary to redact for privacy purposes while fulfilling my request, may I direct your attention to the Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 89, Subsection 1A which states that the only information that should not be considered available to the public in a candidate’s statement of donations is donor addresses where the donation was made by an individual.
Response
I am writing to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for a copy of the 2024 General Election expense return, including the statement of donations, for Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire).
To assist you with fulfilling my request, you may find it helpful to know that, as directed in the Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 81, Subsection 1, candidate expense returns would have been filed with your council’s acting returning officer following the conclusion of the 2024 General Election and are likely to be held by your council’s electoral services office.
In considering which information is necessary to redact for privacy purposes while fulfilling my request, may I direct your attention to the Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 89, Subsection 1A which states that the only information that should not be considered available to the public in a candidate’s statement of donations is donor addresses where the donation was made by an individual.
Answer: The Service Area have advised the following:
We keep copies of expenses for 2 years and copies available for public inspection at our offices without charge. This can only be done in person.
The copies are, however, documents available to anybody who requests them for a fee of £0.20 per side of paper.
Jesse Norman’s election expenses were a total of 56 sides of paper which means that obtaining copies would cost £11.20. Donor addresses will be redacted.
If the requester would like to purchase copies, we would need a postal or email address to send these. Below are the councils BACs details to which payment can be made:
Account: Herefordshire Council
Sort code: 53-50-41
Account: 10313281
Reference: Election expenses
Copies will only be supplied via post or via email upon receipt of payment.
Requests to purchase copies of election expenses need to come to us in writing (email accepted to elections@herefordshire.gov.uk).
Documents
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