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Current Section: Parish Council
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Councillors
Parish Councillors
Andrew BROWN
Rosemary BROWN
Chris DAVIES (Chairman)
Ruth FORD
Julia HALL
Martin HUXTABLE (Vice-chairman)
Paul MEANWELL
Peter PRESTON
Richard SMITH
Peter STILWELL
David STIRLING-BROWN
Richard THOMAS


Notes:
1. Term of Office
Elections for all the Parishes in Herefordshire are held every four years on the first Thursday in May.
Details of the last, uncontested May 2007 election for Dilwyn can be found on the Herefordshire County Council website here (PDF file opens in new window - see page 53 of the PDF document).
At this time there were only 10 candidates for the 12 seats so the 10 were elected without contest. A further 2 councillors were subsequently co-opted.
The next election is on the 5th of May 2011.
A Councillor elected at a Casual Vacancy will serve for the unexpired period of the 4 years of office.
2. Casual vacancies
A Parish Council vacancy may arise for a number of reasons. This could be that a Councillor has resigned/died, that they have failed to attend any meetings for 6 months, or no longer meet the criteria. All resignations must be made in writing to the Chairperson of the Parish Council. Once received that resignation cannot be withdrawn.

When a vacancy occurs the Parish Clerk must notify the Proper Officer in Herefordshire with all the details of which Councillor has caused the vacancy who will supply them with the necessary forms.

The vacancy must then be advertised in the Parish for a period of 14 working days exclude dies-non (i.e. Bank Holidays); during this time an election can be requested by 10 electors from the Parish signing the Request for An Election form.
Once the 14 days have passed and the Proper Officer has received no request for an election by the last date (which is shown on the Notice of Vacancy) the Parish Council will be informed that they can co-opt in writing.

A candidate for a Parish or Town Council is qualified if, when nominated -

(a) he or she is a British subject or Irish citizen,
(b) is 18 years of age, and
(c) is either in the list of electors for that Parish or Town or has during the whole
of the preceding twelve months
(i) occupied land as owner or tenant in it, or
(ii) had a principal place of work there, or
(iii) resided in or within three miles of it.


Details of Dilwyn's Ward Councillor can be found here .
 
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