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Declarations of active political affiliations

Request date
16 February 2026

Outcome
Full disclosure

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Request

In relation to your response to a Freedom of Information request submitted on 11 February 2025, the Gambling Commission stated that:

"I can confirm that on 21 June 2024 an email was sent to any Gambling Commission employees who had the potential to be directly involved with the investigation related to betting on the General Election. This communication requested any declarations of any active political affiliations, such as, donations to a party/candidate standing for election, volunteering for a party within the last 12 months, holding a position within apolitical party or being a candidate. For clarity the scope of this request does not cover information about individual voting intentions or voting history, just active political engagement."

Please provide:

  1. The text of the email of 21 June

  2. The number of declarations of active political affiliations that were made

  3. The breakdown of any such declarations by political party.

Please note that I am not asking for any information which could lead to an individual being identified.

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested information in relation to your response to a Freedom of Information request submitted on 11 February 2025, in which the Gambling Commission stated that:

"I can confirm that on 21 June 2024 an email was sent to any Gambling Commission employees who had the potential to be directly involved with the investigation related to betting on the General Election. This communication requested any declarations of any active political affiliations, such as, donations to a party/candidate standing for election, volunteering for a party within the last 12 months, holding a position within a political party or being a candidate. For clarity the scope of this request does not cover information about individual voting intentions or voting history, just active political engagement."

You have asked the Gambling Commission to provide:

  1. The text of the email of 21 June
  2. The number of declarations of active political affiliations that were made
  3. The breakdown of any such declarations by political party.

The Gambling Commission can confirm as follows:

Question One:

Please see the attached information held by the Gambling Commission we are able to disclose falling within the scope of your request. The following exemption applies to some of the information that we hold.

Section 40(2)

We have redacted from the attached, information relating to identifiable individuals that would constitute personal data.

The Data Protection Act 2018 requires personal data to be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject. It is the view of the Commission that disclosing the personal information within the attached documents would constitute the disclosure of personal data and would contravene this principle.

This information is therefore exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Question Two:

The Gambling Commission can confirm that no information is held falling within the scope of your request.

Question Three:

The Gambling Commission can confirm that no information is held falling within the scope of your request.

Review of the decision

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your Freedom of Information request you are entitled to an internal review of our decision. You should write to FOI Team, Gambling Commission, 4th floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP or by reply to this email. 

Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission. 

It should be noted that if you wish to raise a complaint with the ICO about the Commission’s handling of your request for information, then you are required to do so within six weeks of receiving your final response or last substantive contact with us.

The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Information Management Team
Gambling Commission

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