The Parish Council has a vacancy and wishes to co-opt a new councillor for the Pontesbury ward.
If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor, please contact the Parish Clerk for further details. Further information about the role of a parish councillor is included below;
Email: clerk@pontesburypc.org.uk Phone: 01691 661157
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 Pontesbury Ward of Pontesbury Parish Council, following the resignation of Councillor Paul Bradbury
Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.
The rule allows TEN ELECTORS for the parish [ward] 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 16 September 2021
What if a request to hold an election is not received during the permitted time?
Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply. The Parish Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy. If you are interested in applying to be a councillor please contact the Parish Clerk before 30/09/2021.
The Returning Officer’s address is:
Electoral Services, Shropshire Council,
The Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND
The telephone number for further guidance is 0345 678 9015.
This notice is dated 26 August 2021.
Debbie Marais, Parish Clerk clerk@pontesburypc.org.uk 01691 661157
* 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] … Parish, call for an election to fill the vacancy arising from the [death][resignation] of …”. A template entitled “Request for an Election” is available to download from Shropshire Council’s website – www.shropshire.gov.uk - under “Current Council Vacancies”. 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.
Pontesbury Parish Council is aware of comments made on Facebook by a former member of the parish council. These comments are made by an individual and do not represent the views of this council. We find these comments strongly offensive and will not tolerate racism nor discrimination of any kind.
The Council have reported this serious matter to the Police and are currently assisting them with their enquiries.
The Council disassociates itself with these comments and can report that the Chairman has today accepted this Councillor’s resignation from Pontesbury Parish Council.
If you have any questions or wish to make further comment please either get in touch with the Deputy Clerk on deputyclerk@pontesburypc.org.uk or the Local Policing Team, by calling 101.
We are pleased to announce the re-election of the following Shropshire Councillors that serve on Pontesbury Parish Council
Longden: Cllr Roger Evans
Rea Valley: Cllr Nick Hignett
Police & Crime Commissioner - John Campion
Pontesbury Parish Council has two vacancies following the May 2021 Elections.
VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
At the close of nominations on Friday 9 April 2021 Pontesbury Parish Council still has 2 vacancies for parish councillors.
If you are interested in being a Parish Councillor then please contact the Clerk (clerk@pontesburypc.org.uk) by 31 May 2021.
This notice is dated 10th day of May 2021
Clerk to the Council
8 Holbache Rd
Oswestry
SY11 1RP
Please find link below to Notice of Poll Shropshire Council Rea Valley
Please find link below to Notice of Poll Police & Crime Commissioner
Please find link below to Notice of Poll for Shropshire Council - Longden ward
As you will have seen on our noticeboards and website we have uncontested elections in Pontesbury Parish. Your new councillors for the parish who will take office on Monday 17 May at the Annual Meeting of the Council will be:
Asterley Ward: Cllr Dave Gregory
Cruckton Ward: Cllrs Allan Hodges, Colin Robinson, Charlie Sandells and new councillor Michelle Trow (a warm welcome to Michelle)
Habberley Ward: Cllr John Pritchard
Plealey Ward: Cllrs Peter Heywood and Roger Evans
Pontesbury Ward: Cllrs Neville Lewis, Duncan Fletcher, Nick Hignett, Doug Jones, Paul Bradbury
We are sure you would like to join us in saying a very big thank you to Cllrs Richard Martinali, Susan Lockwood and Brian Morris who have clocked up many many years of service between them for the local community. We are very grateful for their commitment, knowledge and experience that they brought to the parish council and its work locally.
We will have two councillor vacancies for the Pontesbury Ward and so if you would like to find out more about this fulfilling role please contact the parish clerk clerk@pontesburypc.org.uk or your local councillor.
On 1 April we welcomed a new member of staff to the parish council team.
Nicola Young has joined Pontesbury Parish Council as Deputy Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer (RFO). Nicola has been working in local government since 2009 and has held previous positions within parish councils and community development roles. As well as the RFO role, Nicola will be working closely with the Pavilion Steering Group and with Anna Lawson on opening up this great new community resource. When Nicki is not working she loves walking her Staffordshire Bull Terrier and is looking forward to conquering Earl’s Hill and other walks in the parish.
We look forward to working with Nicola.