Councillor Vacancy – South Ward

Posted on: 4th September 2026

Written By: Melanie Gardiner

FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL - CO-OPTION OF ONE MEMBER

(South Ward)

A vacancy for one Councillor exists on Freshwater Parish Council.

The Parish Council will therefore be considering the co-option of a suitable person to fill the seat and to serve on the Freshwater Parish Council, at a meeting to be held on 6th October 2026.

A person wishing to be considered and who is eligible* to serve as a Parish Councillor should notify the Parish Council in writing, under their own signature by Friday 25th September 2026.

Applications to Parish Office, Memorial Hall, Avenue Road, Freshwater, Isle of Wight PO40 9UU

Email: clerk@freshwater-parish.gov.uk

Candidates should give brief details of their qualifications, background and experience and thoughts on how they can contribute to the Parish Council and the community of Freshwater.

* A local councillor must be 18 years of age or over and a British subject or qualifying Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of another Member State of the European Community.

He/she must also fulfil at least one of the following criteria:-

i) During the whole of the 12 months before nomination occupied land or premises as owner or tenant in the parish area, or,

ii) During the same period resided in the Parish, or within 4.8 km thereof, or

iii) During the same period had his/her principal or only place of work in that Parish, or

iv) At the time of nomination be registered as a local government elector for the administrative area of the Parish.

The person should not be disqualified from being elected by reason of any disqualification set out in Section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972, or any decision made under section 79 of the Local Government Act 2000

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