Althorne Parish Councillors

Councillors have an active interest and concern for the local community. They represent local people and work in partnership with them and others when necessary. They help facilitate the provision of local services and take decisions that form the policy of the Council.

The Althorne Parish Council is also the trustee of the Althorne Parish Hall Charity Trust and, therefore, councillors assume the role of a trustee upon taking office. However, the affairs of the charity and it's finances are kept completely separate from the Parish Council affairs. Trustee meetings are also separate from Parish Council Meetings. The affairs of the trust are overseen by the Charity Commission.

Councillors are not paid and have to abide by  The Parish Councils Model Code of Conduct and declare their financial interests in the parish. Councillors must also declare a personal or prejudicial interest in any matter under discussion at a parish council meeting.  

Please Note!  

Following the 2011 elections there are two vacancies on Althorne Parish Council . 

The existing five councillors stood for re-election and were elected unopposed as no new candidates were nominated. The full compliment of councillors for Althorne is seven, therefore, the council is able to co-opt a further two councillors. Anybody interested in becoming a councillor, and who meet the criteria as described below for becoming a councillor,  is invited to contact the Parish Clerk.

Criteria for becoming a councillor 

You have to be:

• a British subject, or a citizen of the Commonwealth or the European

Union; and

• on the “relevant date” (i.e. the day on which you are nominated or if there

is a poll the day of the election) 18 years of age or over;

and additionally:

• on the “relevant day” a local government elector for the council area for

which you want to stand; or

• have during the whole of the 12 months preceding that day occupied as

owner or tenant any land or other premises in the council area; or

• have during that same period had your principal or only place of work in

the council area; or

• during that 12 month period resided in the council area.

In the case of a sitting member of a parish or community council you can also

satisfy the criteria to be elected if you have lived in the council area or within 3

miles of it for the whole of the 12 months preceding the “relevant day”.

You cannot stand for election if you:

• are subject of a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order.

• have, within five years before the day of the election, been convicted in

the United Kingdom of any offence and have had a sentence of

imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of over three

months without the option of a fine.

• you work for the council you want to become a councillor for (but you can

work for other local authorities, including the principal authorities that

represent the same area).

Mrs Joanna Jeffery - Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer.

Tel: 01621 744386

email: clerk@althornecouncil.plus.com

Meetings are held in the Parish Hall, Summerhill on the 4^th Wednesday each month at 7.30pm, unless  otherwise notified

The Parish Council Office is situated in the Parish Hall. The clerk is contracted to work twelve hours per week.

In order to give greater access to the public, the clerk is contracted to work two hours per week in the office on Tuesdays between the hours of 1.30 and 3.30pm. The remaining ten hours are flexible around the needs of her young family. If members of the public wish to meet with the clerk on Tuesdays or any other time when she is in the office, they are advised to phone or e-mail to make and appointment.

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