Ellel Parish Council are looking to co-op a councillor to sit alongside the remaining eight councillors that cover the parish of Ellel, including Dolphinholme and Galgate.

Is this a role that you may be interested in ?

In the first instance, please contact the Parish Clerk, Steve Caswell: [email protected] if you are interested and would like further information.

Anyone wishing to be co-opted to a Parish Council must be qualified to be a Councillor. A
candidate must:

• be a British, Commonwealth or Irish Citizen or a citizen of another European Union
Member State;
• be 18 years of age on the day he/she is nominated;
• not be disqualified; and

(a) be a local government elector for the parish on the day he/she is nominated and
thereafter; OR
(b) have occupied land or premises in the parish as owner or tenant for 12 months preceding
both the day of nomination and the day of the poll; OR
(c) have had his/her principal or only place of work in the parish during the 12 months
preceding both the day of nomination and the day of the poll; OR
(d) have resided in the parish or within 4.8 kilometres of it for 12 months preceding both the
day of nomination and the day of the poll. (4.8 kilometres is the equivalent of 3 miles.)

There are a number of disqualifications for being a Councillor. They include:

• employment by the parish council;
• being subject to a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order;
• in the previous five years, conviction for any offence carrying a sentence of not less than
three months without the option of a fine;
• disqualification for corrupt or illegal election practices.