Am I eligible for office?
To qualify for election and to be a councillor, an applicant must be:
- a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen
- a citizen of any other member state of the European Union
- 18 years of age by the day of nomination or election (the ‘relevant day’)
They must also be one of the following:
- on the relevant day and afterwards, are on the electoral register for the parish
- for 12 months before that day, they have owned or tenanted land or premises in the parish
- for 12 months before that day, their main or only place of work has been in the parish
- for 12 months before that day, they have lived in the parish or within 4.8km (3 miles) of the parish boundary