The Electoral Office of Cheshire East Council has confirmed that the Regulation 10 requests from electors have not been fulfilled and the Parish Council may now fill the casual vacancy by co-option.
Adlington Parish Council usually meets on the second Monday of each month.
If you are interested in serving as a parish councillor, please submit a completed application form to the Clerk confirming that you are qualified to be a councillor.
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact the Clerk.
Email: clerk@adlington-pc.gov.uk
Post: Clerk, Adlington Parish Council, 12 Brownlow Close, Poynton, SK12 1YH
The closing date for applications is Friday 31st October 2025.
Qualifications to be a Councillor
A person is qualified to be elected and to be a Councillor if they are a British, Commonwealth, Irish or European Union citizen and on the relevant day (that is, the day of nomination or election) they are 18 or over.
In addition, the person must meet at least one of the following criteria
(1) on the relevant day and thereafter they continue to be on the electoral register for the parish, or
(2) during the whole of the twelve months before that day they have owned or tenanted land or premises in the parish, or
(3) during the whole of the twelve months before that day their principal or only place of work has been in the parish, or
(4) during the whole of the twelve months before that day they have resided in the parish or within three miles of it.
Except for qualification (1), these qualifications then continue for the full term of office, until the next ordinary elections.
Certain people are disqualified from standing, and these include paid officers (including the Clerk) of the council, bankrupts and those subject to recent sentences of imprisonment.
CASUAL VACANCY APPLICATION FORM
