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The Parish Council needs one more member to have its full quota of Councillors. To fill this one vacancy a legal process has to be followed.

Firstly, the Parish needs to decide if a full election process is the way forward preferred by parishioners. To do this 10 people, or more (registered electors), from the Parish need to write to the Returning Officer in Matlock: The Returning Officer, Derbyshire Dales District Council,Town Hall,  Matlock, Derbys, DE4 3NN by 1st September. When this has happened a full election process will go ahead.  This has cost implications for the Parish Council, (approximately £1,000 if the election is contested) which will be met from the budget received each year .

If there are fewer than 10 people who want the election process to be followed, the Parish Council can go ahead and co-opt somebody from the Parish. This will mean that everyone (providing they are on an electoral role) will have the opportunity to volunteer their services to fill the one empty post.

To read the Parish Council Vacancy Notice, click here.