An Election of District, Parish and Town Councillors will be held in our area on Thursday 4th May. Full details can be found below.
2021 Elections – Statement of Persons Nominated
The Notice below provides the Notice of Poll for the Gloucestershire County Council Elections.
The notice provides the full list of candidates standing in the Gloucestershire County Council election for a councillor for the Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach division.
The following notice provides the full list of candidates standing for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire police area.
European Parliamentary Elections, 23 May 2019
Voting for the European Parliament will take place on 23 May 2019. Cotswold District is part of the South West Region of the UK, which will return six MEPs.
In order to be able to vote at any election, you must be included on the electoral register.
If you are not already on the register of electors, and wish to vote at this election, your application to register must be recieved by midnight on Tuesday 7 May. You can register online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or contact Cotswold District Council’s Elections Team for a paper form.
If you are not sure whether you are on the electoral register, please telephone 01285 623002 to check.
Poll cards will be sent out to all registered electors on 23 April 2019.
If you can’t make it to the polling station on polling day, you can choose postal or proxy voting.
Visit www.yourvotematters.co.uk for details on how to register or to apply for postal and proxy voting.
The Elections Team will be available to provide help and assistance throughout the election process.
- Telephone Helpline: 01285 623002
- E-mail: elections@cotswold.gov.uk
Cast Your Vote in the District Elections on 2nd May
Elections to Cotswold District Council will take place on Thursday 2 May.
For information on how to vote, see:
https://www.cotswold.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections/how-to-vote/
At the polling station
- Polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm on election day.
- You don’t need to take the poll card to the polling station, but it speeds up the process if you do.
- Tell the staff your name and address or give them your poll card.
- The staff will check the details on the Register of Electors and give you your ballot paper.
- The ballot paper lists the candidates and how many you can vote for.
- A large print of the ballot paper is available for you to look at before you vote and there is also a Tactile Voting Device which can help you mark your ballot paper.
- Go to one of the voting booths and put a cross (X) on the ballot paper next to the candidate(s) you’re voting for
- Take the ballot paper back to the staff and place it in the ballot box.
- If you need help with any part of the voting process, just ask the staff.
District & Parish Notice of Election
The Notices of Election for the District and Town/Parish elections on 2nd May 2019 have been published. If you would like to stand for election as a councillor, nominations can be received between 9am and 5pm on any working day from 19 March through to the deadline of 4pm on 3 April.
Candidates are reminded that all nomination papers must be hand delivered to Cotwold District Council’s Cirencester office – delivery can be made by someone on behalf of the candidate if necessary.
The elections team will be available to check nomination papers as and when candidates arrive, and encourage candidates to wait while they do this – they will be as quick as possible!
If you have any queries relating to the nomination or election process, please contact the elections team on 01285 623002 or elections@cotswold.gov.uk.
Your Town Needs You!
Now that the process to set the Town Council up for the next four years is about to kick off, it is a great time for you to get involved in helping to manage the Town’s affairs and to steer it through the exciting events that are bound to be happening. In the upcoming local elections on 2nd May, all eleven Town Council positions will be up for election.
As well as making sure that the people in the town are supported and served, there is the Neighbourhood Plan to implement which will give us the opportunity to make Northleach and Eastington more attractive to local residents, tourists, businesses and all other people that come into contact with us. The Town Council has a lot of responsibilities across Town from grass cutting to grit bins, The Westwoods Centre to the cemetery and from play areas to the Pavilion! We need enthusiastic, community-minded residents to help deliver these facilities for the Parish.
The Town Council is a perfect opportunity to either develop your skills or to use those you already have in a different environment. We need all types of people on the Council – so come and join us. If you have any questions about what the Councillors do then please get in touch. Contact details of Councillors and Council employees are on the Town website www.northleach.gov.uk along with other Council information.
We strongly recommend that you come along to one of the meetings to see what it’s all about, and there are two more opportunities to attend a meeting before the election process closes. Come and join us on Wednesday 27th February and Wednesday 20th March for the next full Council meetings. Both start at 7pm in The Westwoods Centre.
You can be nominated to stand for election from 19th March up to 4pm on 3rd April. Details on how to apply can be found here: www.northleach.gov.uk/2019/01/an-update-on-the-district-town-elections-on-2-may/.
It would be great to have a really competitive election so that all residents can have a say on who will represent them within the Town Council for the benefit of the Parish and beyond.
Kind regards,
Cat Crompton, Town Clerk