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Jill Newbie
Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: How do you canvass for a local parish election |
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Hello everyone
I am a new member who is thinking of standing as a candidate for their local parish council.
We had a very bad flooding incident recently and I took it upon myself to stand up to the council and demand some action and gathered signatures for a petition.
Our village has just been granted its own parish council and there are nine vacancies and my neighbours and local district councillor have asked me to stand.
However, although I can find out about the legalities of standing, how do you go about gaining enough votes. Dop you go around the village speaking to people or put leaflets through letterboxes.
All information would be greatly appreciated
Many thanks for reading this |
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ParishCouncil.net Site Admin
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Jill,
Firstly, welcome to the Forum, and I hope that you find plenty of helpful information here once you become a Parish Councillor.
Your question is a really interesting one, and whilst I am not certain of the answer myself (many councils have different procedures), I am sure one of our members will be able to help find an answer very soon.
Good luck, and I hope to see you posting again soon.
Neil
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Sarah 3 Star User
Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 40 Location: Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Hi Jill, and welcome to the Forum. I hope that you get as much help from here as I have, and we can always do with more peeps getting involved!
NALC, the national association, are really good at getting all sorts of information about being a Parish Councillor, though some people also find that you can get lots of helpful advice from your local district or borough council too.
I recently recommended a friend of mine to read this leaflet from NALC:
http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Document/Download.aspx?uid=56eadd77-7543-4472-9487-848904ab02b5
It is really useful and has all the info on what you will have to do as a Councillor and how to get elected (not always an easy task!!).
Do drop by again if you can - it would be great to hear whether you have been successful.
Sarah |
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Jill Newbie
Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for your replies
I went to the site which was advised but it really did not give any advice on actually canvassing or going about getting votes.
I am aware of the legalities as it was all spelt out in the papers sent to me by the lolcal council.
However, I am do not think I will be standing as a parish councillor having read some of the case studies.
Many thanks to you both |
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lesjar Newbie
Joined: 03 Jun 2011 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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One main thing is that most Parish Councillors tend to be a candidate of 'INDEPENDANT' status i.e. not standing for any political party. I recently became a parish councillor for the first time and my canvassing was the good old fashioned door to door with a leaflet as you are allowed to spend a small some of money on election expenses. door to door is an enlightening experience as nearly everyone has something to say or a problem that they want dealt with. It was surprising to find out just how many people and houses there are in teh parish and in fact there were some roads that I have never been down before !!!. |
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