Forthcoming elections

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You can view all by-election results on our result pages

Forthcoming election dates as follows:

• By-election - Thursday 9 February 2012
• By-election - Wednesday 1 March 2012
• Unitary Council elections - 2 May 2013
• Ordinary Parish/Town Council Elections - 2 May 2013

By-election on Thursday 9 February 2012

An election has been requested in the following electoral area:

Great Bedwyn Parish Council – 1 seat

Notice of Election - Great Bedwyn Parish Council 10kb

Statement of persons nominated - Great Bedwyn Parish Council 7kb

Please note that as no candidates stood for this vacancy a further election will be arranged at a later date.

Nettleton Parish Council - 2 seats

Notice of Election - Nettleton Parish Council 10kb

Statement of persons nominated - Nettleton Parish Council 10kb

Notice of poll - Nettleton Parish Council 12kb

By-elections on Thursday 1 March 2012

An election has been requested in the following electoral areas:

Corsham Town Council (Corsham Ward) - 1 Seat

Notice of election - Corsham Town Council (Corsham Ward) 10kb

Statement of persons nominated - Corsham Town Council (Corsham Ward) 10kb

Great Bedwyn Parish Council – 1 Seat

Notice of election - Great Bedwyn Parish Council 10kb

Statement of persons nominated - Great Bedwyn Parish Council 7kb

Prospective candidates must meet the qualifying criteria to stand as a candidate and complete and return nomination papers by the statutory deadline. All the information on the qualifying criteria and all the necessary forms to complete are included in the nomination packs.

Nomination packs for the above named area will be available from Thursday 26 January 2012 and can be obtained from the respective Parish/Town Clerks or from Wiltshire Electoral Services, Monkton Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1ER.

Candidates must return their nomination papers to Wiltshire Electoral Services, Monkton Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1ER during office hours Monday to Friday from Friday 27 January 2012 but no later than NOON on Friday 3 February 2012.

There are statutory deadlines when completed forms must be received in order to qualify for this election as shown below:

Forms	Statutory deadline	Download application form
Postal vote application forms	5pm - Wedensday 15 February 2012	application to vote by post 45kb
Written requests to amend or cancel existing postal, proxy and postal proxy voting arrangements	5pm - Wednesday 15 February 2012	Please contact Electoral Services for further information
Register to vote (if not already registered)	Wednesday 15 February 2012	application to register as an elector 68kb
Proxy application form (for current election only)	5pm - Wednesday 22 February 2012	application to vote by proxy for particular election 52kb

Postal, proxy and register to vote application forms must be completed in full with a hand written (not electronic) signature. They can be returned by post, fax or scanned as an image and attached to an email using our contact details to the top left of this page . Forms must be received by the statutory deadline stated above.

Unitary Council elections on 2 May 2013

Wiltshire has 98 Unitary Divisions. Each division has 1 seat. Therefore the elections will be returning 98 Unitary Councillors.

What do I need to stand as a candidate?
Qualification/s for standing as a candidate can be found at the electoral commission website

Ordinary Town and Parish Council elections on 2 May 2013

Wiltshire has over 250 Parish/Town Councils.

The total number of seats to be filled at the next ordinary elections will be in the region of 2000.

Qualifications for standing; Who can become a Parish or Town Councillor?
For more information please go to: The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) The Electoral Commission

What does being a Parish or Town Councillor involve?
Please contact your relevant Parish or Town Clerk for more information regarding what’s involved in becoming a councillor.

Additional Town and Parish Council Information
Please see Town and Parish Councils for more information.

Changes to Parish/Town Councils
There have been some changes made to specific parish/town councils since the previous 2007 ordinary elections e.g. these may be in the form of a name change, boundary change or a change in the number of seats allocated. Please see the Electoral Changes Order 2009 for more information.

Last updated: 6 February 2012