Parish Councillor elections take place on Thursday, 4^th May 2023, the same day as Borough Councillor elections.

Eligibility, nomination papers and further background papers are available from the Electoral Commission website. Anyone who wishes to stand for election or re-election must complete and submit a valid nomination paper to The Forum at The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, at the latest by 4pm on Tuesday, 4^th April.

NB:

• it is the responsibility of each candidate to ensure the accuracy of and submit the necessary paperwork.
• All candidates need to be proposed and seconded by someone registered to vote in the parish

Confirmation of nominations will be published by 4pm on Wednesday, 5^th April.

At this point there are three possible outcomes for Nettleden with Potten End Parish Council :

1. If there are fewer than three candidates then it will be necessary to run a by-election straight after 4^th May .
2. If there are three to eight candidates the election is uncontested and candidates will be elected unopposed. Any vacancies can be filled by co-option.
3. Eight or more candidates will result in a combined parish/borough (assuming the borough election is contested) poll. Candidates will be contacted by Dacorum about the next step.

In a contested election the vote count for Parish Councillors takes place on Friday 5^th May.

NB: it is a legal obligation for all candidates to submit an election expenses return and declaration by 1^st June 2023 even if no expenses have been incurred.

Outgoing councillors retire and new councillors take office on Tuesday 9^th May.

The annual meeting of the Council must be held on the 4^th day after the election or within 14 days thereafter – the Council’s scheduled meeting is set for the 18^th May and so can remain unchanged.

All successful candidates must complete:

• A declaration of acceptance of office
• A declaration of interests form

Which the Clerk will provide at the Council meeting on 18^th May.