Want to know more?
If you are interested in standing as a Parish Councillor then the following documents will provide you with background and useful information:
Click here to read a copy of the NALC publication: 'All About Local Councils'
Click here to read a copy of the NALC publication: 'It Takes All Sorts'
Do you qualify?
In
order to qualify to be elected and to be a councillor a candidate:
•must be a British citizen or a qualifying Commonwealth or EU citizen, and
•must be 18 years of age or older
In addition to the above , the candidate must meet at least one of the following criteria:
•be registered as a local government elector for the parish where they are standing as a candidate, or
•have occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the parish where they are standing as a candidate, during the whole of the 12 months preceding the day of the nomination and the day of election, or
•their principal or only place of work (including unpaid) has been in the parish where they are standing as a candidate, during those 12 months, or
•have resided in the parish where they are standing as a candidate, or within 4.8 kilometres of it, during the whole of those 12 months.
Certain people are disqualified from standing, including paid officers of the Parish Council, bankrupts and those subject to recent sentences of imprisonment. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are qualified to stand. If in doubt, they should contact the Electoral Commission or take their own legal advice.
Still interested?
Click here to download a nomination pack or paper copies are available from the Parish Council office at Beacon Hall.
Nomination papers must be delivered by hand to the Returning Officer staff at the Brunswick Room, Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW, from Tuesday 21 March 2023 to Tuesday 4 April 2023. The deadline to submit nominations is 4pm on Tuesday 4 April 2023.
Click here to download a copy of the election timetable.
Click here to take you to the Electoral Commission's guidance page for candidates standing at Parish Council elections.
Election Notices
Click here for the Notice of Election.
Click here for the Statement of Persons Nominated (will be published once available).
Click here for the Notice of Poll (will be published once available).
Click here for the Situation of Polling Stations (will be published once available).
Click here for the Declaration of Result of Poll (will be published once available).
Bath & North East Somerset Council Elections
Click here for the Notice of Election.
Click here for the Statement of Persons Nominated (will be published once available).