To be qualified to stand for co-option persons must be a Commonwealth citizen, or citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or a citizen of another Member State of the European Community, and be aged 18 years or over.
To qualify for co-option as a Parish Councillor applicants must:
- Be an elector of the parish, or
- During the whole of the last 12 months have occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the parish, or
- Live within 4.8 kilometres (three miles) of the parish boundary.
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