Vacancy For A Councillor

Notice is hereby given that by reason of the recent resignation of a Councillor a vacancy has occurred among the members of the Parish Council.

Any person willing to fill this vacancy should apply to the Clerk in writing on or before 30th June 2018.

The applicant must be at least 18 years old

The applicant’s name must appear on the current register of the Voters List
or
The applicant should during the whole of the twelve months preceding the relevant date resided in
or
within three miles of the parish or the applicant’s only place of work during the whole of the twelve months preceding the relevant date is in the parish.

The applicant must not be debarred from standing as a Councillor.

PUBLIC elections are due to be held in May 2019 and therefore this appointment
will be made by existing Councillors until that date only.

1st June 2018

K Ewence
Dawley Hamlets Parish Council Clerk
3 Southwell Close
Priorslee
TELFORD
Shropshire
TF2 9UT
Tel: 07941 212311
E-mail: clerk@dawley-hamlets.org

Casual Vacancy

DAWLEY HAMLETS PARISH COUNCIL
NOTICE UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1972 (Section 87(2))
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a casual vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for the Dawley Hamlets Ward of the Parish of Dawley Hamlets following the resignation on 17th April 2018 of Councillor Cathy Salter.
Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.
The rule allows TEN ELECTORS for the parish [ward] in which the casual vacancy has arisen to request the Returning Officer to hold an election to fill the vacancy.* That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules,** of the date of this notice. The fourteen-day period ends on 21st May 2018.
What if a request to hold an election is not received during the permitted time? Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply. The Parish Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.
The Returning Officer’s address is Electoral Services Office, Telford and Wrekin Council, Addenbrooke House, Ironmasters Way, Telford, TF3 4NT and his telephone number for further guidance is (01952) 383210.

This notice is dated 30th day of April 2018
Kathy Ewence Clerk to the Council

* There is no form of words for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as “We the undersigned being electors for the [Ward of] … Parish, call for an election to fill the vacancy arising from the [death][resignation] of …”. It is helpful if the ten signatures are accompanied by printed names and addresses.

** In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice.