This week brings key deadline in countdown to the General Election
Campaigning for the 2024 general election is heating up and the end of this week will mark a significant deadline.
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Nominations for candidates close at 4pm on Friday, June 7. After then no candidates can be added to or withdrawn from ballot papers.
To stand for election to the House of Commons, candidates must be aged 18 and be a British citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or an eligible Commonwealth citizen.
Anyone who is subject to bankruptcy restrictions is barred from standing for election along with anyone who is in jail serving a sentence of a year or more.
