Councillor Vacancy Aug 2024

Unfortunately the Casual Vacancy Hayfield Parish Councillor was not filled by the requested time frame of Wednesday 4th September 2024 and is still available. If you would be interested in the vacancy, and want to apply or have any questions please contact the Parish Clerk, on the information below:

Hayfield Parish Clerk, Hayfield Parish Council, Dungeon Brow, Market Street, Hayfield, High Peak. SK22 2EP.

clerk@hayfield-pc.gov.uk

To apply Please include a short (500 words) summary of why you wish to be considered and any information you consider relevant to your application.

‘A person is qualified to be elected and to be a councillor if they are a British, Commonwealth, Irish or European Union citizen and on the relevant day (Wednesday 4th September 2024) they are 18 or over. In addition, the person must meet at least one of the following criteria:-

On the relevant day and thereafter they continue to be on the electoral register for the parish, or

During the whole of the twelve months before that day they have owned or tenanted land or premises in the parish, or

During the whole of the twelve months before that day their principal or only place of work has been in the parish, or

During the whole of the twelve months before that day they have resided in the parish or within three miles of it. Except for qualification (a), these qualifications then continue for the full term of office, until the next ordinary elections. Certain people are disqualified from standing, and these include paid officers (including the Clerks) of the council, bankrupts and those subject to recent sentences of imprisonment.’