Iain Dale is quite right about the need to declare to the Electoral Commission any mortgages owed to banks etc.. Section 71F of PPERA makes that clear. Here’s the Electoral Commission’s guidance; paragraphs 3.8-3.10, on page 12, are the relevant bit. Section 71F was inserted by section 61 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.
Let’s hope HH has a good legal eagle right now, she’s going to need it.
She’ll be digging out her old criminal law books, I dare say. If she’d stayed on the roll she’d have kept up her CPD of course…
Maybe her delightful sister can represent the lovely Harriet. She seems to have an interesting history, too. Family traits, perhaps.