Everything You Need for May 2022
Local elections will take place in Scotland, Wales and England on 5 May 2022. A full list of places with local elections can be found here.
Election Timetable
The Electoral Commission has published the timetable for the 2022 Local Elections. This contains key deadlines around nominations, applications to vote and election expenses.
You can download the full timetable on the following links for England, Scotland and Wales.
A simple breakdown of the key dates for the English, Scottish and Welsh Local Elections can be found here.
Candidates, Approval and Selection
If you still need help with candidate approval and selection then our full guidance is here. Don’t forget to let ALDC know about your local election candidates by getting in touch here.
Literature Programme
ALDC keep a regularly updated library of Focus Leaflets, Direct Mail and Election Literature. You can find our standard literature programme for the 2022 local elections below. Templates will be published on both ALDC Artworker and Affinity Publisher.
We are working with our printer partners Election Workshop to secure the cheapest deals for the main products – and we will be offering regular bulk buy deals on most items of literature between now and May 5th.
A popular bulk-buy offer that we will be repeating this year is the Three Leaflet Deal in which you can purchase 3 core election leaflets together to be delivered back to you in turn between mid March and late April. More details of this can be found on the programme below.
Leaflets
ALDC’s leaflet programme for January – June 2022 can be seen below. Most items will be available as part of bulk-buy offers to give you the best value for money. The popular Three Leaflet Deal includes the March #2, April #1 and April #2 deliveries separated below.
Month
January
February
March #1
March #2
April # 1
April # 2
May
May-June
Item
Record of Action A3
Annual Report
Focus
Flying Start A3
A3 Map Leaflet
A4 Endorsement Leaflet
GOTV leaflets
Thank You Leaflets
Artwork Deadline
n/a
16 Jan
n/a
01 Mar/06 Mar
27 Mar 2022
10 Apr/20 Apr
20 April
22 May/05 Jun
Return from
n/a
27 Jan
n/a
15 Mar/17 Mar
07 April
21 Apr/28 Apr
28 April
27 May/10 Jun
Direct Mail
ALDC and Election Workshop have a variety of different addressed mailings to form a campaign plan up until polling day in May. All of which can be purchased as part of bulk buy deals along with envelopes. Direct Mail can also be supplied already stuffed and ready to be delivered. Full details of each Direct Mail offer is below.
Month
February
March #1
March #2
March #3
April #1
April #2
April #3
April #4
May
June
Item
Squeeze Mailing (G8)
Squeeze Mailing (G8)
Postal Voter Mailings
CV Mailing
3S Mailing
Postal Vote GOTV
Appeal Letters
Final Week Mailing
GOTV
Recruitment Mailing
Artwork Deadline
26 Jan
16 Feb
02 Mar
14 Mar
3 April
7 Apr/10 Apr
19 April
25 April
20 Apr/28 Apr
8 June
Return from
09 Feb
02 Mar
16 Mar
21 Mar
12 April
13 Apr/14 Apr
25 April
28 April
28 Apr/4 May
22 June
The full ALDC template campaign plan for both Leaflets and Direct Mail is below along with template release dates for each item.
You can download the full plan here
ALDC’s full range of templates can be accessed on our website where you can find a number of options for Focus Leaflets, Direct Mail and up to date templates for your election literature as we go through the campaign. January’s ‘Record of Action’ Focus leaflet can be found here.