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NOTICE OF ELECTION District of Richmondshire Election of Parish Councillors

NOTICE OF ELECTION District of Richmondshire Election of Parish Councillors for the Parish Wards listed below

[This is an abbreviated list, showing Middleham only.  The full notice can be accessed here: Notice of Election Parish 050522

Middleham                       Seven councillors

1. Forms of nomination for Parish Elections may be obtained from Clerks to Parish Councils or Mercury House, Station Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JX from the Returning Officer who will, at the request of an elector for any electoral area prepare a nomination paper for signature.
2. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, Mercury House, Station Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JX on any day after the date of this notice but no later than 4 pm on Tuesday, 5th April 2022.
3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 5th May 2022.
4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Thursday 14 April 2022. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Mercury House, Station Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JX by 5 pm on Tuesday, 19th April 2022.
6. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Mercury House, Station Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JX by 5 pm on Tuesday, 26th April 2022.
7. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election on grounds of physical incapacity or for work/service reasons must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Mercury House, Station Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JX by 5 pm on Thursday, 5th May 2022. The physical incapacity must have occurred after 5 pm on Tuesday, 26th April 2022. To apply on the grounds of work/service, the person must have become aware that they cannot go to the polling station in person after 5 pm on Tuesday, 26th April 2022.

Dated Friday 18th March 2022 Tony Clark Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Mercury House, Station Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4JX