Parish Council Casual Vacancy

We are authorised by Teignbridge District Council to co-opt a person to fill a casual vacancy.

The deadline to apply is 26^th January 2026.  Please complete the Application form expressing your interest to Sam Parkin, Clerk, Moretonhampstead Parish Council, Green Hill, Fore Street, Moretonhampstead TQ13 8LL clerk@moretonhampstead-pc.gov.uk. Application forms can be found on the Council website www.moretonhampstead-pc.gov.uk or obtained from the Clerk. Applicants will be considered at the full Council meeting on 3rd February 2026.

If you would like to know more about being a Councillor, the level of commitment and Council activities please contact the Clerk, Sam, who will be happy to answer your questions.

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Any person wishing to be considered to act as a Parish Councillor must be qualified to hold office. Sections 79-81 of the Local Government Act 1972 contain the relevant provisions regarding the qualification of candidates, as follows:

To qualify as a candidate and to continue to hold the office of Parish Councillor a person must be a British or Commonwealth citizen, citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of another Member State of the European Union and, on the relevant day, must have attained the age of eighteen years.

In addition, the candidate must qualify under at least one of the following conditions:–

• on that day and thereafter s/he continues to be registered as a local government elector for the parish (meaning the whole area of the parish);
• during the whole of the 12 months preceding s/he has occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the parish;
• during the 12 months preceding their principal or only place of work has been in the parish; or
• during the whole of the 12 months preceding s/he has been resident in the parish or within 4.8 kilometers of it (of its parish boundary).