Notices

NOTICE OF ELECTION – Braintree District Council – Election of Parish Councillors

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Braintree District Council

Election of Parish Councillors

FOR THE ELECTORAL AREAS LISTED BELOW

Parishes Number of Parish Councillors to be elected
Alphamstone Three
Ashen Five
Belchamp Otten Four
Belchamp St Paul Seven
Belchamp Walter Seven
Birdbrook Seven
Black Notley Nine
Bradwell Seven
Bulmer Seven
Bures Hamlet Seven
Castle Hedingham Nine
Coggeshall (North Ward) Seven
Coggeshall (South Ward) Seven
Colne Engaine Seven
Cressing Nine
Earls Colne Eleven
Fairstead Three
Faulkbourne Two
Feering Nine
Finchingfield (Finchingfield Ward) Six
Finchingfield (Cornish Hall End) Three
Foxearth Five
Gestingthorpe Seven
Gosfield Nine
Great Bardfield Seven
Great Henny Three
Great Maplestead Seven
Great Notley Eight
Great Yeldham Nine

 

Electoral Areas Number of Councillors to be elected
Greenstead Green & Halstead Rural (Greenstead Green Ward) Four
Greenstead Green & Halstead Rural (West Ward) Three
Hatfield Peverel Thirteen
Helions Bumpstead Seven
Holy Trinity (North Ward) Three
Holy Trinity (South Ward) Three
Kelvedon Twelve
Lamarsh Three
Liston One
Little Henny One
Little Maplestead Five
Little Yeldham Six
Middleton Three
Ovington Two
Panfield Seven
Pebmarsh Five
Pentlow Five
Rayne Eleven
Ridgewell Seven
Rivenhall Seven
Shalford Seven
Sible Hedingham Thirteen
Silver End Thirteen
St Andrews (North Ward) Three
St Andrews (South Ward) Three
Stambourne Seven
Steeple Bumpstead Nine
Stisted Seven
Sturmer Six
Terling Eight
The Salings Six
Tilbury Juxta Clare Three
Toppesfield Seven
Twinstead Three
Wethersfield (Blackmore End Ward) Three
Wethersfield (Wethersfield Ward) Six
White Colne Seven
White Notley Seven
Wickham St Paul Six
Witham (Central Ward) Two
Witham (Hatfield Ward) Two
Witham (North Ward) Four
Witham (South Ward) Four
Witham (West Ward) Four
  1. Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer during office opening hours (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).
  2. Completed nomination papers must be delivered by hand to the Returning Officer during office opening hours (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and 9am to 4pm on Tuesday 4 April 2023), from the date of this notice but not later than 4pm on Tuesday 4 April 2023.
  3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 4 May 2023 between the hours of 7am and 10pm.
  4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Monday 17 April 2023. Applications can be made online https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
  5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday, 18 April 2023 to be effective for this election.
  6. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5 pm on Tuesday, 25 April 2023.
  7. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election, applied for on the grounds of a medical emergency or for work/service reasons (occurring after 5pm on Tuesday, 25 April), or the form of acceptable photographic identification you were intending to use to vote has been lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed, or has not yet been received if applied for recently must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday, 4 May 2023.
  8. For the purposes of paragraphs 1,2,4,5,6 and 7 above, the address of the Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer is Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9HB. The Returning Officer’s staff can be contacted by email at elections@braintree.gov.uk or by telephone on (01376 552525).