Parish Council ( Vote of No Confidence)
Kelvin Jury
Confidence in my local Parish Council, what happens next?
1. Do I need a percentage of the village to back me.
2. Would there have to be a enough people to replace the exsisting
council.
3. Are there any laws preventing it
4. Would they have to hold elections.
Thank You for any assistance that you might be able to offer.
Matthew M. Huntbach
> Can anyone assist me with the above, If I go for a Vote Of no
> Confidence in my local Parish Council, what happens next?
>
> 1. Do I need a percentage of the village to back me.
> 2. Would there have to be a enough people to replace the exsisting
> council.
> 3. Are there any laws preventing it
> 4. Would they have to hold elections.
I doubt there are any laws preventing you from getting together a petition
that expresses a lack of confidence in your parish council. But, so far as
I know, there are no procedures for electors to unseat elected parish
councillors by a petition of no confidence, just as district, borough and
county councillors, Members of Parliament and Members of the European
Parliament can't be unseated in such a way. You just have to wait until the
next set of elections.
Matthew Huntbach
John M Chapman
Jury <kelvi...@hotmail.com> writes
The answer is different depending upon whether or not you are a member
of the Parish Council - if you are then it is quite in order for you to
put forward a motion of no-confidence in the Chairman provided you can
get a seconder. The other members of the parish council then get to vote
on it.
If you are not a member then you need to attend the annual Parish
Meeting and notify the clerk in advance of your intention to move a
motion of no confidence in The Parish Council. The motion should then be
put to the meeting and registered voters of the parish who are in
attendance can vote. However the Parish Council is under no obligation
to do other than 'note' any such resolutions.
Parish Councillors cannot be replaced other than by being disqualified
(eg for not attending meetings), resigning or expiring. However should a
vacancy arise then you can put forward the name of a candidate and
require an election to be held. If there are no more nominations than
vacancies then the nominees are automatically elected, otherwise a
parish election has to be held.
There are other possible mechanisms eg by calling for a parish poll on a
motion that is proposed, but usually these have to do with incurring
expenditure and you would need the advice of your District Council legal
people.
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John M Chapman
kingswellbromley.freeserve.co.uk
councillor.
However, as you have a parish council you must have an annual parish
meeting. This is not the annual parish council meeting held each year in
May. An annual parish meeting is held in April.
If the parish council chairman is present he/she must preside, the other
councillors sit with the electorate, as at this meeting, they are parish
inhabitants like yourself.
What you need to do is get the troops out for this meeting. And that
includes the press, who have been briefed beforehand with the problem or
problems. At the meeting, present your grievance, and if possible site any
local government act, or section of that act which has been contravened.
Then propose a vote of no confidence in the council. The parish council is
not obliged to carry out a resolution passed at an annual parish meeting,
but if they don't resign, then you have a good case to submit, through your
MP, to the secretary of state for local government
If you email me with your problem, I will endeavour to assist.
Best wishes,
Patsie Jarman, Staffordshire, England.
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