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Troubled Electoral Commission faces calls to be abolished after High Court ruled they gave dodgy advice to referendum campaigners

THE troubled elections watchdog faced calls to be abolished last night after the High Court ruled they gave dodgy advice to referendum campaigners.

A judge ruled the Electoral Commission’s guidance to Vote Leave over donations was actually unlawful. Last night furious Brexit campaigners blasted the bungling officials.

The Electoral Commission was said to have given unlawful advice to Vote Leave, the High Court saidThe Electoral Commission was said to have given unlawful advice to Vote Leave, the High Court saidPA:Press Association

Ex-Vote Leave boss Matthew Elliott hit out: “We find ourselves in a complete Alice in Wonderland situation.

“Vote Leave asked for, and received, the Electoral Commission’s advice.

“We followed that advice.”

Campaigners have won a High Court challenge against the Electoral Commission over election spending by Vote Leave in the run-up to the EU referendum.

Vote Leave won a High Court challenge over their donations leading up to the EU referendumVote Leave won a High Court challenge over their donations leading up to the EU referendumMercury Press

The Good Law Project (GLP) brought a judicial review against the commission, arguing it failed in its duty to regulate the referendum process ahead of the historic vote in June 2016.

In a ruling on Friday, Mr Justice Leggatt said the commission had “misinterpreted” the definition of referendum expenses in relation to the Vote Leave campaign.

The judge said Vote Leave paid £620,000 to Canadian online advertising firm AggregateIQ (AIQ) at the request of another leave campaigner, Darren Grimes, in the days before the referendum.

This put Vote Leave over its £7 million election spending limit by almost £500,000.

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