Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to establish an Electoral Commission; to make provision about the registration and finances of political parties; to make provision about donations and expenditure for political purposes; to make provision about election and referendum campaigns and the conduct of referendums; to make provision about election petitions and other legal proceedings in connection with elections; to reduce the qualifying periods set out in sections 1 and 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985; to make pre-consolidation amendments relating to European Parliamentary Elections; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2000 c. 41
Introduced by	Jack Straw, Secretary of State for the Home Department
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	30 November 2000
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Representation of the People Act 1991;
Amended by	Communications Act 2003; Local Government Act 2003; Local Government in Scotland Act 2003; Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004; Companies Act 2006; Electoral Administration Act 2006; Government of Wales Act 2006; Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006; Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006; Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009; Political Parties and Elections Act 2009; Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Act 2011; Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; Scotland Act 2012; Crime and Courts Act 2013; Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013; Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014; Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014; Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014; Wales Act 2014; Deregulation Act 2015; Recall of MPs Act 2015; Scotland Act 2016; Wales Act 2017; Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020; Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020; Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021; Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022; Elections Act 2022;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets out how political parties, elections and referendums are to be regulated in the United Kingdom. It formed an important part of the constitutional reform programme implemented by the 1997 Labour Government, building on the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 (c. 48) which was passed two years earlier.