VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR
Published: 18 October 2023
CYNGOR CYMUNED PENARLAG
HAWARDEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
NOTICE UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972
(SECTION 87(2))
VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a casual vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for the HAWARDEN - MANCOT Ward of the Community of HAWARDEN following the resignation on 9th October 2023 of Councillor Raphaelle Soffe.
1 Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.
2 The rule allows TEN ELECTORS for the Community (Hawarden - Mancot) in which the casual vacancy has arisen to request the Returning Officer to hold an election to fill the vacancy. *That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules ** of the date of this notice. The fourteen-day period ends on 8th November 2023.
3 If no request is made, the Community Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.
The Returning Officer’s address is:
Flintshire County Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 6NR
Dated: 19th October 2023
Sharron Jones
Clerk and Financial Officer
*There is no form of words for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as “We the undersigned being electors for the [Ward of] Hawarden – Mancot call for an election to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation of Councillor Raphaelle Soffe. It is helpful if the ten signatures are accompanied by printed names and addresses.
**In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice. Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.