NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY
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We have a vacancy on the Parish Council which will be filled through a co-option process. This will take place at the Full Council meeting on 17 June 2025.
If anyone is interested in becoming a Parish Councillor, please contact the Clerk by emailing clerk@cranageparishcouncil.gov.uk
CRANAGE PARISH COUNCIL
NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY
Notice is hereby given that by reason of the resignation of Mark Morrey, a vacancy has occurred among the members of Cranage Parish Council.
Any person willing to fill this vacancy should apply to the Clerk in writing on or before the 13th June 2025. Application forms can be obtained by contacting the Clerk.
To qualify to be a Parish Councillor an applicant must be aged 18 or over and be a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, a qualifying EU citizen or an EU citizen with retained rights.
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 or the applicant owns/leases land in the Parish.
The applicant must not hold a paid office or employment under the Parish Council, be debarred from standing as a Councillor or have been the subject of bankruptcy restrictions order or an interim order.
An applicant must not have, within the last five years, been convicted of an offence in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man which resulted in a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of three months or more without the option of a fine during the preceding five years.
All candidates will be invited to a meeting of the Full Council on 17 June 2025 where they will have the opportunity to present to Council.
PUBLIC elections cannot be held until the year 2027 but for the interim period election to the aforesaid Council will be voted for by the present sitting number of Councillors.
Mrs Sue McKay
Clerk to the Council
Tel: 07871 661813
28th May 2025
