Notice of Casual Vacancy - Bolton by Bowland Ward
30th of January, 2025
BOLTON BY BOWLAND GISBURN FOREST & SAWLEY PARISH COUNCIL
(Bolton by Bowland Ward)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 (SEC. 87(2))
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a casual vacancy is deemed to have
occurred in the office of Councillor for the Parish of Bolton by Bowland,
Gisburn Forest & Sawley (Bolton by Bowland ward) following the resignation
on 26 January 2025 of Councillor Don Brady.
Rule 5(1) of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and
Wales) Rules 2006, provides that on a casual vacancy occurring in the office
of councillor of a parish, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held if, within
fourteen days (computed as stated below) after public notice of the vacancy
has been given in accordance with Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act
1972, notice in writing of a request for such an election has been given to the
proper officer of the council of the borough within which the parish is situate
by TEN electors for the electoral area in which the vacancy has occurred.
The Proper Officer is the Returning Officer, Ribble Valley Borough Council,
Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2RA
Dated this twenty ninth day of January 2025
Cathy Holmes
Clerk to the Council