Interested in being a Councillor?

To be eligible to be a councillor, a person should be:

• over 18 years of age
• a British citizen, or a citizen of the Irish Republic, any Commonwealth country, a UK dependent territory or another country within the European Community.
• an elector for the area in which you would like to stand.
• or if you are not on the register of electors, then you must have either owned property, lived or worked in that area throughout the 12 months immediately before you are nominated. In the case of town and parish council elections, you may be eligible if you lived, worked or owned land within 4.8 kms of the boundary of that area.
• not be disqualified for standing, for any reason, which include being employed by that council, being declared bankrupt within the last five years if you have not repaid your debts, having been convicted or a criminal offence and sentenced to not less than three months imprisonment within the last five years.

If you are interested in being a Councillor and would like to know more, please contact us and we will send you a copy of our ‘What’s is really like being a Councillor?’ leaflet.

The next District and Parish Council Elections will be held in May 2011.