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Election information

Future elections

Local elections

The next scheduled Local Council Elections will be held in 2012.

Parish elections

The next scheduled Parish Council Elections will be held in 2015.

European elections

The last European Parliamentary election was held on 4 June 2009. The next European Parliamentary election will be held in 2014.

Parliamentary elections

The last Parliamentary election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010. A Parliamentary election must be held once in every 5 years.

Casual vacancies

A casual vacancy is caused when a person elected to a local or parish council can no longer continue to act as a councillor. If the vacancy occurs at a time when that councillor would not be due for re-election, then a bye election may be held. Public notice that there is a vacancy on the local / parish council is given and electors from that particular area must request that an election be held to fill the vacancy. When the Returning Officer has received a valid request for an election he will decide when the election will be held.

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