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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Counties
Counties.
| England and Scotland. | Ireland. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Electors. | For One Candidate. | For One Candidate. |
| Not exceeding | £ | £ |
| 2,000 | 650 | 500 |
| 3,000 | 710 | 540 |
| 4,000 | 770 | 580 |
| 5,000 | 830 | 620 |
| 6,000 | 890 | 660 |
| 7,000 | 950 | 700 |
| 8,000 | 1,010 | 740 |
| 9,000 | 1,070 | 780 |
| 10,000 | 1,130 | 820 |
| 11,000 | 1,190 | 860 |
| 12,000 | 1,250 | 900 |
| 13,000 | 1,310 | 940 |
| 14,000 | 1,370 | 980 |
| 15,000 | 1,430 | 1,020 |
| 16,000 | 1,490 | ... |
The returning officers' expenses, which are limited by Act of Parliament, are not included in the above maximum, but the candidate is only at liberty to pay him the exact sum allowed by the Act, under pain of conviction for an illegal practice.
The personal expenses of a candidate are also outside the prescribed maximum, and they are not limited to any precise amount, though any excess over £100 in this particular must be paid through the election agent.
It will be seen that the adoption of this scale of expenditure may operate unequally in those counties or boroughs which return two members, and where one candidate stands alone against a combination. In a large borough, with say 35,000 voters, two candidates would be enabled, if they coalesced, to spend nearly £700 more than one candidate standing alone, while the staff necessary to conduct the election would be practically the same on both sides.