IDEFORD PARISH COUNCIL

Parish Councillor Vacancy

The Parish Council has one Councillor vacancy. If you are interested in becoming a parish councillor please contact the Clerk – idefordclerk@hotmail.co.uk stating why you would like to be considered and confirming that you qualify:

Any person wishing to be considered to act as a Parish Councillor must be qualified to hold office. Sections 79-81 of the Local Government Act 1972 contain the relevant provisions regarding the qualification of candidates, as follows:

To qualify as a candidate and to continue to hold the office of Parish Councillor a person must be a British or Commonwealth citizen, citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of another Member State of the European Union and, on the relevant day, must have attained the age of eighteen years.

In addition, the candidate must qualify under at least one of the following conditions –

· on that day and thereafter s/he continues to be registered as a local government elector for the parish (meaning the whole area of the parish);

· during the whole of the 12 months preceding s/he has occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the parish;

· during the 12 months preceding their principal or only place of work has been in the parish; or

· during the whole of the 12 months preceding s/he has been resident in the parish or within 4.8 kilometres of it (of its parish boundary).

It is also necessary that the candidate should not be disqualified from holding the office of Parish Councillor for any reason set out in Section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972.

Dated: 11^th August 2023