Town & Parish Council Elections – May 2023

District and Town/Parish Elections are scheduled to take place on Thursday 4 May 2023. Below are listed some key dates and information covering the Election period.

Publication of Notice of Election – Friday 24 March 2023
(Nominations will be accepted from this date but only between the hours of 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday)

Deadline for receipt of Nominations – Tuesday 4 April 2023, 4pm
(Nominations close – please note that any Nomination Papers received after this time will be rejected)

Publication of Statement of Persons Nominated Wednesday 5 April 2023
(A copy for your particular area(s) will be sent to you by email on Wednesday 5 April 2023)

Election Day Thursday 4 May 2023 (7am to 10pm)

The Verification and Count will take place following the District Council Count on Friday 5 May 2023 at Dereham Leisure Centre, Station Road, Dereham, NR19 1DF.

Town/Parish Nomination papers, together with some detailed guidance on how to complete a nomination paper and further information on Standing for Election, can be found on the Electoral Commission website at Nomination papers - Parish Elections England (DOC) | Electoral Commission.

Completed Nomination papers must be delivered by hand to the Returning Officer at the main Breckland Council Offices in Dereham. It is an individual’s responsibility to ensure that their nomination paper is received by the deadline (4pm on Tuesday 4 April 2023).

When delivering/submitting nomination papers to the Electoral Services Team, (from 9am, Friday 24 March 2023) they should be handed to elections staff located in the Breckland Council Conference Suite, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, NR19 1EE – if any candidate would like an informal check of nomination papers please ask and a member of the elections team staff will undertake an informal check. Please do not leave the delivery of nomination papers until the last day for nominations, Breckland are expecting over 700 town/parish nominations and the earlier you get the forms into the team the greater the time period is to make any corrections, if necessary, in time for the close of nominations on Tuesday 4 April 2023 at 4pm.

All three forms: 1a Nomination Paper, 1b Home Address form & 1c Candidates consent to nomination MUST be returned by the close of nominations otherwise the nomination will be rejected. Please also note that all the document pack should be returned including the sections relating to the relevant legislation (Pages 10 -13 of the attached Nomination Pack)

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Elections team, preferably by email to elections@breckland.gov.uk or alternatively by phone 01362 656870.