Source: https://www.chaddesleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/parish-council/councillor-recruitment/ Read: 2026-11-04 SHA-256 of the file as fetched: efcd6badeb65578534f85d420b6c384e5710639065511a957f21ee2bbcbabc42 Councillor Recruitment – Chaddesley Corbett Parish Council Cookies on this website We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We'd also like to set optional cookies to enable features like embedded videos and maps, collect anonymous statistics, and improve the overall experience. 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If this is you, then we need you. We need people from all backgrounds and experiences who reflect their community to put themselves forward for election. Make a change and become a councillor. WHAT DO COUNCILLORS DO? Local (parish and town) councils and councillors make a massive difference to local people’s quality of life. They are passionate about their communities and seek to make a change to help improve their residents’ lives. Local councils run numerous services, depending on the size of the council. Many you will see day-to-day, but some are less known. These include helping to set up dementia-friendly groups, organising community events, creating neighbourhood plans, managing allotments, burial grounds, and open spaces, maintaining footpaths, public seating, urban grass cutting and litter bins. Councillors are elected to represent the local community, so you must either live or work in the council area. Becoming a councillor is a rewarding experience as you will be able to make a change in your community to help improve residents’ lives. A councillor’s role can include developing strategies and plans for the area, helping with problems and ideas, representing the community, working with other local community groups, decision making and reviewing decisions and talking to the community about their needs and what the council is doing. How to become a councillor Local councils can only be as helpful, connected and energetic as the people elected to run them, so we need councillors capable, enthusiastic and engaged to reflect their communities. You can find out more about becoming a councillor on The Electoral Commission and Local Government Association website. There are three ways that you can become a councillor; standing for election, filling a vacant seat after an election (co-opted) or filling a casual vacancy. Standing for election There are six simple steps to becoming a councillor: Check for elections in your area by emailing your elections officer Submit your nomination to the returning officer — find out more about the process . Wait for your nomination to be accepted Your nomination is made public by the principal authority Start your elections campaign Polling day — find your polling station Vacancies after an election (co-option) If, after an election, there are some unfilled seats, the local council should take steps to fill any vacancies by making co-options within 35 days (not counting weekends and public holidays). However, if the council does not have enough elected members to be a quorum (meaning at least one-third of the council must be elected or three members, whichever is greater), the electoral returning officer must run a by-election to fill the remaining places. What does a candidate need to do? Check with their electoral returning officer if there is a vacancy near you Put yourself forward for co-option The council may ask you for a CV or invite you for an interview The council will choose their co-opted councillor Casual vacancy A casual vacancy is a seat that becomes available between elections, which may occur for several different reasons, such as a councillor resigning, becoming disqualified (by committing an offence) or not attending any meetings in six months. The council clerk will declare the vacancy by posting a note within the parish and notifying the electoral returning officer. This notice will also confirm that a by-election will be held if at least ten electors request it within 14 days (not including weekends and public holidays). If there is no demand for a by-election, the council will fill the vacancy by co-option. If you are interested in finding out more, contact the Parish Clerk at Worcestershire CALC held two successful events on becoming a Councillor. If you did not hear about it or weren’t able to come along, we recorded it and it’s now up on Youtube for you to look at whenever you want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF0f-xYI2EQ If you want more information on becoming a Councillor please visit: https://worcscalc.org.uk/information/become-a-councillor Quick Links Agendas and Minutes Parish Councillors Calendar Contact the Council Contact the Council If you have a matter which you wish to draw to the council's attention you can do so by contacting the clerk by letter, telephone or email using the contact form Contact the Parish Clerk Rachel Jefferies Telephone: 07405 306071 Email: Subscribe for Updates Please leave this field empty By entering your email address you are happy for Chaddesley Parish Council to store your information and use it to send council updates to your inbox. Please view our Privacy Policy . Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. 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