Nominations for Parish Council Seats will be accepted ahead of the upcoming Town and Parish Council Elections, which are scheduled to take place on Thursday, 1st May 2025.

The Notice of Election will be published on Friday 14th March 2025.

Further information regarding these will be added when it becomes available nearer to the time.

If you live or work locally, and you think you'd like to be a Community Councillor - feel free to get in touch for more information or read on to understand how to become a candidate in the upcoming elections.

Before starting the process of standing for election, potential candidates need to be confident that they meet all of the requirements. Click on the links below to find out more.

• Who does what at a parish council election and how to contact them
• When do you officially become a candidate?
• Who is responsible for candidate spending?
• Qualifications and disqualifications for standing for election
• Appointing your postal voting, polling and counting agents

If you are interested in joining Far Cotton and Delapre Community Council and standing for election you will need to complete a nomination form which you can download here

To become nominated as a candidate at a parish council election in England, you need to submit a completed set of nomination papers to the place fixed by the Returning Officer by 4pm, 19 working days before the poll.

This deadline is set out in law and cannot be changed for any reason.

The start date from which you will be able to submit nomination papers, as well as the times and place for delivery, will be set out in the notice of election published by the local Returning Officer.

There are three nomination papers that you must submit to make your nomination valid:

• The nomination form
• A home address form
• Your consent to nomination