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Election Fees

Nottinghamshire Scale of Election fees for Local Elections

Effective from 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024

Contents

Polling Station Staff Roles

Fees for Polling Station Staff Roles
Role

Hourly Rate

Enhanced Hourly Rate

Flat Rate
Presiding Officer +20% uplift for combination no matter how many polls are combined £15.93* not applicable not applicable
Poll Clerk +20% uplift for combination no matter how many polls are combined £10.42*  not applicable not applicable
Polling Station Inspector £15.93*  not applicable not applicable
Training Fee for online or Face to Face Training not applicable not applicable Maximum of £42.40* 
Delivery of Training Fee per session  not applicable not applicable Maximum of £159.00  

 

Count Staff Roles

Fees for Count Staff Roles
Role

Hourly Rate

Enhanced Hourly Rate

Flat Rate
Deputy Returning Officer for conducting the count and preparing or declaring the result £26.50*  not applicable not applicable
Count Manager £31.80*   £47.70*   not applicable
Ballot Box Receipt Manager/Account Team  £18.55*   £27.83*   not applicable
Ballot Box Receipt Staff/Checking of unused, Clearing sacks etc  £13.25*   £19.88*   not applicable 
Count Supervisor  £18.55*   £27.83*   not applicable 
Count Assistant £13.25*   £19.88*   not applicable 

 

Postal Vote Staff Roles

Fees for Postal Vote Staff Roles
Postal Vote Staff Roles

Hourly Rate

Enhanced Hourly Rate

Flat Rate
Postal Vote Opening Manager £21.20 £31.80 not applicable
Postal Vote Opening Supervisor  £15.90  £23.85 not applicable
Postal Vote Opening Assistant £13.25  £19.88 not applicable 

 

Returning Officer Fees

Returning Officer Fees
Returning Officer 

District / Borough / City

Parish

Parish When combined with District / Parish Parish Uncontested
Fee for the 1st 1,000 local government electors within each ward for which an election is held   £108.12 not applicable not applicable not applicable
Fee for each additional 1000 electors or part thereof per ward £36.04  not applicable not applicable not applicable
Fee for an uncontested ward  £43.99  not applicable not applicable not applicable
Clerical fee per 1000 electors £8.90 £8.90 £8.90  not applicable 
Fee for Postal Voting (issue and receipt)  £174.90 £174.90 £174.90  not applicable 
For one parish  not applicable  £132.74 £105.80 £26.39
For each additional parish up to 10 in total  not applicable £92.77  £88.75 £26.39 
For each additional parish over 10 in total  not applicable £65.82 £53.46 £13.03 
Additional payment where a parish is divided into wards, payment per ward  not applicable £22.05 £13.13 £13.13 

 

Deputy Returning Officer Fees

Deputy Returning Officer Fees
Deputy Returning Officer and Other Fees

District / Borough / City

Parish

Parish When combined with District / Parish Parish Uncontested
Deputy Returning Officer or Acting Deputy Returning Officer (excluding count) £169.60 £169.60 £169.60 not applicable
General Clerical Staffing per 100 electors £8.59  £8.59  £8.59  not applicable
Poll Card Hand Delivery - per poll card  £0.19  £0.19 £0.19 if not combined not applicable
Mobile Phone Use (Maximum per PO)  £3.00 £3.00 £3.00 not applicable

 

Notes

* These fees do not include travelling expenses, which are at the discretion of the Returning Officer. Councils may use casual user mileage rates as laid down by the N.J.C. 45 pence per mile (private vehicle) and 24 pence per mile (motor cycle) or 20 pence per mile (bicycle).

The Enhanced Hourly rate is payable for evening working commencing from 9 pm, Overnight, Weekends or Bank holidays

Payment of additional fees for working overnight, to reflect unsociable hours, is at the discretion of the Returning Officer.

Additional fees may be paid to cover the actual and necessary costs incurred by the Returning Officer for all purposes including clerical assistance, in connection with the Election not already included in this scale.

Payment to core Elections Team working additional time, such as overtime rates, is at discretion of the Returning Officer.

All Fees are increased annually by the previous years Local Authority Pay Award. The exception to this will be polling station staff. Poll clerks will be paid as a minimum the National Minimum wage. Presiding Officer fees are to be increased by the same percentage increase as poll clerks to ensure the differential between the two fees is retained owing to the difficulty in recruiting Presiding Officers and their differing levels of responsibility.

Payment for use of personal mobiles phones to any staff member is at the discretion of the Returning Officer.