Vacancies

There is currently a vacancy on the Parish Council to represent Constable Burton.  If you are interested in making a difference in your community, or for any enquiries about please contact the clerk.  For full details please see Notices section of the website.

The next Parish Council elections are scheduled for May 2027.

While many councillors stand for election and are voted in, some are co-opted onto their council to fill the vacant seats.

Qualifications to become a Parish Councillor

You have the required citizenship (s.79 LGA 1972)                                                    ¨

(S79 - A person shall, unless disqualified by virtue of this Act or any other enactment, be qualified to be elected and to be a member of a local authority if they are a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or in the case of a local authority in England, a qualifying EU citizen or an EU citizen with retained rights and on the relevant day they have attained the age of eighteen years)

You are 18 years of age or over

and

At the date of application to the parish council you are a local government elector for the parish of Constable Burton & Finghall or

At the date of application to the parish council you have, during the whole of the twelve months preceding that day, occupied as owner or tenant of any land or other premises in the parish or

At the date of application to the parish council you have, during the whole the twelve months preceding that day, had your principal or only place or work in the parish or

At the date of application to the parish council you have, during the whole the twelve months preceding that day, resided in the parish or within three miles of it.

Disqualifications

A candidate must declare any disqualifications that apply.

Do you hold any paid office with the parish council?  Yes            No 

You are the subject of a Bankruptcy Restrictions Order or Interim Order, or a Debt Relief

Restrictions Order or an Interim Debt Relief Restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB of the

Insolvency Act 1986.   Yes                          No  

You have within five years prior to the day of your prospective appointment to the council been convicted in the United kingdom, the Channel Isles or the Isle of Man, of any offence and have had passed on you a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine. 

Yes     No  

You are disqualified from being elected or from being a member of Constable Burton & Finghall Parish Council under Part III of the Representation of the People Act 1983 or under the Audit Commission Act 1998.  Yes   No  

You are subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (this applies to persons subject to relevant notification requirements or an order made on or after 28 June 2022).   Yes    No  

(If you are subject to any of these disqualifications you will not be able to hold public office as a parish councillor until the disqualification is no longer effective).