Becoming a Parish Councillor

You can become a Parish Councillor in two principal ways.

You can stand for election. An election is to be held on May 27th, 2010 and you can find a list of candidates via the link on our News page.

You can fill a casual vacancy. If a Parish Councillor leaves office for any reason, there is a vacancy. This can either be filled by election or by co-option. Details can be found below.

There are lots of places on the web where you can find out more information. Here are just a few (click on the link to look at the document):