Election for Parish Council seat
A by-election is being held on Thursday 4 October for a seat on London Colney Parish Council.
Around 2,500 people are eligible to vote with two candidates standing for the North West Ward seat.
The term of office will be to May next year when an election for all nine Parish Council seats is to be held.
Two polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. They are at London Colney Baptist Church Hall, 30 Kings Road, AL2 1EN, and the Cricket Pavilion, Pegrum Way, Napsbury Park, AL2 1GG.
Polling cards and postal votes have now been mailed. Voters do not need to take their poll cards to their polling station, although it is helpful if they do so.
The deadline for a postal vote has passed, although there is still time to make proxy vote applications.
These should be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 26 September, although an emergency proxy vote can be made up to 5pm on election day.
London Colney Parish Council is responsible for a number of leisure facilities in its area including the community centre, allotments and playgrounds.
Forms to apply to vote by proxy are available from the Electoral Services Office, St Albans City and District Council, The Civic Centre, St Peter’s Street, St Albans. AL1 3JE.
They can also be downloaded from www.yourvotematters.co.uk and should be returned to the above address.
Inquiries can be made by email on elections@stalbans.gov.uk or by telephone on 01727 819294.
The election result will be announced on Friday 5 October on both the Parish Council’s website, www.londoncolney-pc.gov.uk, and St Albans Council’s website, www.stalbans.gov.uk.
For more information about London Colney Parish Council, please see: www.londoncolney-pc.gov.uk/.
Those eligible to vote were required to be on the electoral register by Tuesday 18 September. Anyone not registered can do so online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Media contact:
John McJannet, Principal Communications Officer, St Albans City and District Council.
Tel: 01727-296130, E-mail: john.mcjannet@stalbans.gov.uk
Note:
To vote in the Parish Council by-election you must be registered to vote at an address in the ward, 18 years old or over on polling day, and also be one of the following: a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, or a citizen of the European Union; a resident in the UK; and not be subject to any legal incapacity to vote.
The following cannot vote: anyone other than British, qualifying Commonwealth or European Union citizens; convicted persons detained in pursuance of their sentences, excluding contempt of court (though remand prisoners, unconvicted prisoners and civil prisoners can vote if they are on the electoral register); and anyone found guilty within the previous five years of corrupt or illegal practices in connection with an election.