Notices

Casual Vacancy: Junction Ward

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972

RAINFORD PARISH COUNCIL

(JUNCTION WARD)

NOTICE OF VACANCY IN

OFFICE OF PARISH COUNCILLOR

Notice is hereby given that James Holden, formerly a member of the above named Parish Council, has ceased to be a member of the Parish Council, and that a casual vacancy now exists in the office of Councillor for the Junction Ward of the Parish of Rainford.

A by election will be held should within 14 days* after the date of this notice, ten electors of the said Parish Ward give notice in writing claiming such an election to the Returning Officer.

The address of the Returning Officer is :-

The Returning Officer

St Helens Town Hall

Victoria Square

St. Helens,

Merseyside

WA10 1HP

elections@sthelens.gov.uk

 

If no such notice is given the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.

 

Dated 14 August 2024                    (Signed) …………………………………..

Clerk to the Parish Council

 

 

*In computing any period of time for the purposes of the timetable

  1. a) a Saturday or Sunday;
  2. b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday; or
  3. c) a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning

shall be disregarded, and any such day shall not be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings up to the completion of the poll, nor shall the Returning Officer be obliged to proceed with the counting of the votes on such a day