Parish Councillors

Parish Councillors

Please contact all Councillors by e mail: clerk@kilmersdonpc.co.uk

Ken Lewis (Chair) K Lewis NORI 2019

Neil Brand N Brand NORI 2019

Raph Butt R Butt NORI 2019

Edward Drewe (Vice Chair) E Drewe NORI 2019

Nick Ham N Ham NORI 2019

Donald Hudson D Hudson NORI 2019

Brian Nagel B Nagel – NORI 2019

There are seven places on the Parish Council.  If you are over 18 and would like to be considered for one of the vacancies please contact the Parish Clerk about co-option.  Clerk@kilmersdonpc.co.uk

Criteria for becoming a Councillor

1. You are, and will continue to be, registered as a local government elector for the area in which you wish to stand from the day of your nomination onwards.
2. You have occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in the area during the whole of the 12 months before the day of your nomination and the day of election.
3. Your main or only place of work during the 12 months prior to the day of your nomination and the day of election has been in the area.
4. You have lived in the area during the whole of the 12 months before the day of your nomination and the day of election. (for parish/town/city elections, you must live within 4.8k of the area)

There are also some reasons to disqualify certain people from standing as a candidate. You cannot be a candidate if you:

• are subject to bankruptcy restrictions, or an interim order
  ·         have been convicted and sentenced to a prison term of three months or more, including suspended sentences, without the option of a fine, at any time in the five years before polling day
  ·         have been disqualified as a result of an election offence, or a corrupt or illegal practice, by an election court
  ·         are employed in a ‘politically restricted post’ by any local authority, unless you can get an exemption from an independent adjudicator appointed by the Secretary of State.

If you have any questions please contact the elections team at elections@mendip.gov.uk

The role of Councillor

 

		Somerset Mendip District Council (MDC) is in the North East of the County
Mendip Kilmersdon Parish falls within the boundary of Mendip District Council (MDC), but adjoins the boundary of Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority (BANES).
		Kilmersdon The parish has two villages – Kilmersdon and Charlton – set in a rural area containing farms and farmland. The total number of dwellings is 235, of which 30 are situated “in the top left corner” by Westfield and the remainder are in the two villages.

 

 

 

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