2026-07-03_Nort-Petherton-Nomination-Pack

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NORTH PETHERTON TOWN COUNCIL –
NORTH PETHERTON WARD NOMINATION PACK

The following papers must be delivered by hand:
1a: Nomination paper
1b: Home address form
1c: Candidate’s consent to nomination
The following papers can be delivered by hand or by post:
2: Certificate of authorisation (Political Party Candidates only)
3: Request for a party emblem (Political Party Candidates only)
4: Appointment of Counting Agents
5: Appointment of Postal Vote Agents
6: Appointment of Polling Agents
The notice of election published by the Returning Officer will specify the times at which
nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, Bridgwater House, King
Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AR
Ensure that where signatures are required, you submit the original signed version of each
completed paper. Documents without original signatures cannot be accepted.

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Privacy Statement – Returning Officer
We will only use the information you give us for electoral purposes. We will look after personal
information securely and we will follow the data protection legislation. We will not give personal
information about you or any personal information you may provide on other people to anyone
else or another organisation unless we have to by law.
The lawful basis to collect the information in this form is that it is necessary for the performance
of a task carried out in the public interest and exercise of official authority as vested in the
Electoral Registration Officer as set out in Representation of the People Act 1983 and associated
regulations.
Some of the information that is collected in this form is classified as special category personal
data. This is processed for reason of substantial public interest as set out in Representation of the
People Act 1983 and associated regulations. To process this type of information the Data
Controller must have a relevant policy document that sets out how this information will be
handled.
The Returning Officer is the Data Controller: Duncan Sharkey, Somerset Council, County Hall,
Taunton, Somerset TA1 4DY
You should refer to the Privacy Notice at http://www.somerset.gov.uk

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – Candidate Requirements
Revised data protection legislation applies from 25 May 2018 and will apply to the processing of all
personal data. Please contact the Information Commissioner's Office for further information about
how the General Data Protection Regulation affects you.
When collecting subscriber information, you should point out what the information will be used for,
how personal data will be processed and kept secure. The lawful basis to collect the information in
this form is that it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and
exercise of official authority as set out in Representation of the People Act 1983 and associated
regulations.
You should also explain that the information will be shared with the Returning Officer. For further
information on data protection and data processing you should refer to the Returning Officer’s
privacy notice on the Somerset Council website.

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Parish election in England

Candidate checklist

This checklist is designed to assist candidates standing in a parish council election1 in England in
preparing to submit their nomination, and should be read alongside the Electoral Commission's
Guidance for candidates and agents.

Nomination paper (all candidates)

Task

Add your full name – surname in the first box and all other names in the second
Optional - Use the commonly used name(s) box(es) if you are commonly known by a
name other than your full name and want it to be used instead of your full name
Description – Party candidates can use a party name or party description registered with
the Electoral Commission and this must match the details shown on the required
certificate of authorisation from that party.
Any candidate may use a description that is not likely to lead electors to associate the
candidate with a registered political party or can use ‘Independent’ or leave this blank.
Whatever you enter in this box will appear as your description on the ballot paper
Subscribers – both subscribers must sign and have their name printed. Use your copy of
the electoral register to make sure the elector number of both subscribers is accurate.
When collecting subscriber information ensure that you explain what the information will
be used for and that the information will be shared with the Returning Officer.
Method of submitting the form to the RO: in person (but not limited to yourself), by hand,
to be accompanied by the home address form. It cannot be submitted by post, fax, email or other electronic means.

Candidate’s home address form (all candidates)
Add your full name
Add your home address in full
Add your qualifying address, or qualifying addresses, to each of the relevant
qualifications.
Add the full name and home address in full of the person who will witness your consent
to nomination form
If you do not want to have your home address printed on the ballot papers, complete
part 2 of the form, giving the name of the relevant area or, where outside the UK, the
country in which your home address is situated and sign the form. Please submit part 2
of the home address form with your nomination papers, even if you do not want to
withhold your home address from the ballot papers.
Method of submitting the form to the RO: in person (but not limited to you), by hand, to
be accompanied by the nomination form. It cannot be submitted by post, fax, e-mail or
other electronic means.

Candidate’s consent (all candidates)
You must be a British, Commonwealth or other European Union Citizen and not require
leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom or have indefinite leave to remain. You
must also be 18 years old or older on the date you sign this form.
You must declare that you meet at least one of the listed qualification(s) and should
cross through any that do not apply.
You must not sign the form if you are disqualified to stand. Make sure that you read the
Electoral Commission guidance on standing for election as well as the legislation listed.
If you are not sure if you are able to stand you should contact your employer (where
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relevant), consult the legislation or, if necessary, take your own independent legal
advice.
Add your full date of birth
Sign and date the document in the presence of another person. You must not sign the
consent form earlier than one calendar month before the deadline for submitting your
nomination papers
Get the other person to complete and sign the witness section. This should be the same
person whose details you provided as your witness on the home address form.
Method of submitting the form (which must include all pages of legislation) to the RO: in
person (but not limited to yourself), by hand. It cannot be submitted by post, fax, e-mail
or other electronic means.

Certificate of authorisation (party candidates only)
Ensure the certificate contains the candidate’s full name.
Check the certificate allows the registered party name or description given on the
nomination paper to be used (or allows the candidate to choose to use the party name or
any registered description).
Ensure it is issued by the party Nominating Officer (or someone that they have
authorised to issue it on their behalf) and that it is the original copy signed by that
person.
Method of submitting the form to the RO: in person (but not limited to yourself) or by
post.

Request for party emblem (party candidates only)
Write the name or description of an emblem registered by the party and published on the
Electoral Commission’s website.
Ensure the request is made by the candidate.
Method of submitting the form to the RO: in person (but not limited to yourself) or by
post.

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Somerset Council
Election of a Town Councillor for the
North Petherton

ward of the

Parish of

North Petherton

Date of election:

30th July 2026

Candidate name
Telephone no
e-mail
In the event of my being elected as a Councillor at the Parish Council elections on
30th July 2026, I hereby authorise the Returning Officer to notify my contact details,
including my address, to the Proper Officer of the Parish Council.
Signed __________________________________________
A candidate at the election

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Timetable for the North Petherton Town Council –
North Petherton Ward Election

30th July 2026
The days which are disregarded in calculating the timetable are Saturday, Sunday, Good
Friday, Easter Monday, bank holidays and any day appointed for public thanksgiving or
mourning.
Please be aware that the timetable may change in the event of days being appointed for
public thanksgiving or mourning.
Event

Working days before poll
(deadline if not midnight)

Date

Publication of notice of
election
Delivery of nomination
papers

Not later than 25 days

Thursday 25th June 2026

From the date and at the
times stated on the notice of
election up to 4pm on the
nineteenth working day
before the election
19 days

From Friday 26th June to Friday 3rd
July 2026, from 10am-4pm
excluding 12:30-1:30.

Not later than 18 days (4pm)

Monday 6th July 2026

12 days

Tuesday 14th July 2026

11 days (5pm)

Wednesday 15th July 2026

6 days (5pm)

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Publication of first interim
election notice of
alteration
Publication of statement
of persons nominated
Deadline for receiving
applications for
registration
Deadline for receiving new
postal vote and postal
proxy applications, and for
changes to existing postal
or proxy votes
Deadline for receiving new
applications to vote by
proxy (not postal proxy or
emergency proxies)

Friday 3rd July 2026

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Event

Working days before poll
(deadline if not midnight)

Date

Deadline for receiving
applications for Voter
Authority Certificates

6 days (5pm)

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Publication of notice of
poll

Not later than 6 days

Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Publication of final
election notice of
alteration
Deadline for notification
of appointment of polling
and counting agents

5 days

Thursday 23rd July 2026

5 days

Thursday 23rd July 2026

First date that electors can 4 days
apply for a replacement
for lost postal votes
Polling day
0 (7am to 10pm)

Friday 24th July 2026

Last time that electors can
apply for a replacement
for spoilt or lost postal
votes
Deadline for emergency
proxy applications
Last time to alter the
register due to clerical
error or court appeal
Count

0 (5pm)

Thursday 30th July 2026

0 (5pm)

Thursday 30th July 2026

0 (9pm)

Thursday 30th July 2026

Thursday 30th July 2026

Thursday 30th July 2026

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1a – Nomination paper

Office use only

Parish election in England

Date received Time received

Initials

No

Election of a Town Councillor for the
North Petherton

Ward

Parish of

North Petherton

Date of election:

30th July 2026

We, the undersigned, being local government electors for the said *ward/parish do hereby
nominate the under-mentioned person as a candidate at the said election.

Candidate’s Details
Mr/Mrs/Miss/
Ms/Dr/Other

Candidate’s surname
Other forenames in full
Commonly used surname (if any)
Commonly used forenames (if any)
Description (if any)
Use no more than six words

Electoral number
Signature

Proposer
Seconder

Print name

Polling
District

Elector
Number

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Notes
1. The attention of candidates and electors is drawn to the rules for filling up
nomination papers and other provisions relating to nomination papers contained in
the election rules in the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 2006
(as amended).
2. Where a candidate is commonly known by some title, they may be described by
their title as if it were their surname.
3. Where a candidate commonly uses a name that is different from any other name
they have, the commonly used name may also appear on the nomination paper,
but if it does so, the commonly used name (instead of any other name) will appear
on the ballot paper.
4. But the ballot paper will show the other name if the returning officer thinks that the
use of the commonly used name may
(a) be likely to mislead or confuse electors, or
(b) that the commonly used name is obscene or offensive.
5. An elector may not –
(a) subscribe more nomination papers than there are vacancies to be filled in the
electoral area in which the election is held; or
(b) subscribe a nomination paper for more than one ward in a parish divided into
wards.
6. In this form ‘elector’ –
(a) means a person whose name is registered in the register of local government
electors for the electoral area in question on the last day for the publication of
notice of election; and
(b) includes a person then shown in the register as below voting age if (but only
if) it appears from the register that he will be of voting age on the day fixed for
the poll.
7. However, a person who has an anonymous entry in the register of local
government electors cannot nominate a candidate for election.

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1b – Home address form

Office use only

Parish elections in England

Date received Time received

Initials No

Election of a Town Councillor for the
North Petherton

Ward

Parish of
Date of election:

North Petherton
30th July 2026

You must complete Part 1
Only complete Part 2 if you do not wish your home address to be made public

Part 1: To be completed by all candidates in England
Full name of candidate
Home address (in full)
Qualifying address: Add your qualifying address, or qualifying addresses (in full) to each of the
relevant qualifications below (you can complete more than one qualification).
Qualifications that apply
(a) I am registered as a local government elector
for the area of the parish named above
(b) I have, during the whole of the preceding 12
months occupied as owner or tenant land or other
premises in the parish named above
(c) my principal or only place of work during the
preceding 12 months has been in the parish
named above
(d) I have during the whole of the preceding 12
months resided in the parish named above or
within 4.8 kilometres of it.
Full name of the person who will witness the
candidate’s consent to nomination form
Full home address of the person who will witness
the candidate’s consent to nomination form

Address

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Part 2: To be completed only if you do not wish your home address to be
made public.
Note: Please submit this part (part 2) of the home address form with your
nomination papers, even if your home address is to be made public.
If you request that your home address is not made public then your address will not appear on
the statement of persons nominated, notice of poll or the ballot paper. Instead the name of the
relevant area in which your home address is situated (or country, if outside the UK), as explained
below, will appear on the statement of persons nominated, notice of poll and the ballot papers.
Statement: I require my home address not to be made public
The relevant area my home
address is situated in:

(insert name of relevant area)2

OR
My home address is situated
outside the UK. My home address is
situated in:

(insert name of country)

Signature of candidate (only required where Part 2 above has been completed)
Candidate’s signature:
Date:
Deliver both Parts 1 and 2 with the nomination form to the Returning Officer by no later than
4pm on the last day to deliver nominations
the name of the “relevant area” in which your home address is situated (if your home
address is in the UK)
•
For home addresses in England:
- if the address is within a district for which there is a district council, that district;
- if the address is within a county in which there are no districts with councils,
that county;
- if the address is within a London borough, that London borough;
- if the address is within the City of London (including the Inner and Middle
Temples), the City of London; and
- if the address is within the Isles of Scilly, the Isles of Scilly
•
For home addresses in Wales:
- if the address is within a county, that county;
- if the address is within a county borough, that county borough
•
For home addresses in Scotland:
- the local government area in which the address is situated
•
For home addresses in Northern Ireland:
- the local government district in which the address is situated
2

Note: The relevant area should be given in the format described above and is not the ward
or parish, nor should the local authority name be given in full

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1c – Candidate’s consent to nomination
Parish elections in England

Office use only
Date received Time received

Initials

No

*You must declare that you meet at least one of the listed qualifications below. To do this, strike
through any that do not apply. Any qualifications that apply must match the information given on
your home address form.
Date of election:

30th July 2026

I (name in full):
hereby consent to my nomination as a
North Petherton
candidate for election as councillor for the:
of the Parish of:

Ward

North Petherton

I declare that on the day of my nomination, I am qualified and that, if there is a poll on the day of
election, I will be qualified to be so elected by virtue of being on that day or those days a
qualifying Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of a Member
State of the European Union, who has attained the age of 18 years and that:
*a. I am registered as a local government elector for the area of the parish named above; or
*b. I have, during the whole of the 12 months preceding that day or those days occupied as owner
or tenant land or other premises in the parish named above; or
*c. my principal or only place of work during those 12 months has been in the parish named above;
or
*d. I have during the whole of those 12 months resided in that parish named above or within 4.8
kilometres of it.
I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief I am not disqualified for being elected by
reason of any disqualification set out in, or decision made under, section 80 of the Local
Government Act 1972 or section 34 of the Localism Act 2011 (copies of which are printed overleaf).
Date of birth:

Signature:

Date of consent:

Witness: I confirm the above-mentioned candidate signed the declaration in my presence.
Witness (name in full):
Witness’s signature:

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Candidate’s consent to nomination

Parish election in England

Local Government Act 1972
80.

Disqualifications for election and holding office as member of
local authority.

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 81 below, a person shall be disqualified for
being elected or being a member of a local authority if he –
(a) holds any paid office or employment (other than the office of chairman, vicechairman, deputy chairman, presiding member or deputy presiding member
or, in the case of a local authority which are operating executive
arrangements which involve a leader and cabinet executive, the office of
executive leader or member of the executive) appointments or elections to
which are or may be made or confirmed by the local authority or any
committee or sub-committee of the authority or by a joint committee or
National Park authority on which the authority are represented or by any
person holding any such office or employment; or
(b) is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or an interim bankruptcy
restrictions order, or a debt relief restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB of the
Insolvency Act 1986; or
(c) [This has been removed and no longer applies]
(d) has within five years before the day of election or since his election been
convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of
any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment
(whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months
without the option of a fine; or
(e) is disqualified for being elected or for being a member of that authority under
Part III of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 81 below, a paid officer of a local authority
who is employed under the direction of –
(a) a committee or sub-committee of the authority any member of which is
appointed on the nomination of some other local authority; or
(b) a joint board, joint authority, economic prosperity board, combined authority,
joint waste authority or joint committee on which the authority are
represented and any member of which is so appointed;
shall be disqualified for being elected or being a member of that other local authority.
(2AA) A paid member of staff of the Greater London Authority who is employed
under the direction of a joint committee the membership of which includes –
(a)

one or more persons appointed on the nomination of the Authority acting by
the Mayor, and

(b)

one or more members of one or more London borough councils appointed
to the committee on the nomination of those councils,
shall be disqualified for being elected or being a member of any of those
London borough councils.

(2A) Subsection (2) above shall have effect as if the reference to a joint board
included a reference to a National Park authority.

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Candidate’s consent to nomination

Parish election in England

(2B) For the purposes of this section a local authority shall be treated as represented
on a National Park authority if it is entitled to make any appointment of a local
authority member of the National Park authority.
(3) Subsection (1)(a) shall have effect in relation to a teacher in a school maintained
by the local authority who does not hold an employment falling within that provision
as it has effect in relation to a teacher in such a school who holds such an
employment.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d) above, the ordinary date on which the
period allowed for making an appeal or application with respect to the conviction
expires or, if such an appeal or application is made, the date on which the appeal or
application is finally disposed of or abandoned or fails by reason of the nonprosecution thereof shall be deemed to be the date of the conviction.
81.

Exception to provisions of section 80

(4) Section 80(2) and (3) above shall not operate so to disqualify –
(a) any person by reason of his being a teacher, or otherwise employed, in a
school or other educational institution maintained or assisted by a county
council for being a member of a district council by reason that the district
council nominates members of the education committee of the county
council
Localism Act 2011
Section 34(4) describes how a person may be disqualified from standing in local
government elections under this section. The remaining provisions of section 34 do
not directly affect a person’s entitlement to stand for election
34 Offences
(1) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person—
(a) fails to comply with an obligation imposed on the person by section 30(1) or
31(2), (3) or (7),
(b) participates in any discussion or vote in contravention of section 31(4), or
(c) takes any steps in contravention of section 31(8).
(2) A person commits an offence if under section 30(1) or 31(2), (3) or (7) the
person provides information that is false or misleading and the person—
(a) knows that the information is false or misleading, or
(b) is reckless as to whether the information is true and not misleading.
(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Candidate’s consent to nomination

Parish election in England

(4) A court dealing with a person for an offence under this section may (in addition
to any other power exercisable in the person's case) by order disqualify the person,
for a period not exceeding five years, for being or becoming (by election or
otherwise) a member or co-opted member of the relevant authority in question or
any other relevant authority.
(5) A prosecution for an offence under this section is not to be instituted except by or
on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(6) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought within a period of
12 months beginning with the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the
prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to the prosecutor's knowledge.
(7) But no such proceedings may be brought more than three years—
(a) after the commission of the offence, or
(b) in the case of a continuous contravention, after the last date on which the
offence was committed.
(8) A certificate signed by the prosecutor and stating the date on which such
evidence came to the prosecutor's knowledge is conclusive evidence of that fact;
and a certificate to that effect and purporting to be so signed is to be treated as being
so signed unless the contrary is proved.
(9) The Local Government Act 1972 is amended as follows.
(10) In section 86(1)(b) (authority to declare vacancy where member becomes
disqualified otherwise than in certain cases) after “2000” insert “or section 34 of the
Localism Act 2011”.
(11) In section 87(1) (ee) (date of casual vacancies)—
(a) after “2000” insert “or section 34 of the Localism Act 2011 or”, and
(b) after “decision” insert “or order”.
(12) The Greater London Authority Act 1999 is amended as follows.
(13) In each of sections 7(b) and 14(b) (Authority to declare vacancy where
Assembly member or Mayor becomes disqualified otherwise than in certain cases)
after sub-paragraph (i) insert—
“(ia) under section 34 of the Localism Act 2011,”.
(14) In section 9(1)(f) (date of casual vacancies)—
(a) before “or by virtue of” insert “or section 34 of the Localism Act 2011”, and
(b) after “that Act” insert “of 1998 or that section”.

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2 – Certificate of authorisation
Parish elections in England

Office use only
Date received Time received

Initials

No

To accompany the nomination of a candidate standing on behalf of a registered political party.
(Note: candidates standing on behalf of two or more parties require a certificate from each
party and each must allow the same registered joint description to be used).
This certificate must be issued by the registered Nominating Officer of the party or by a person
authorised to sign on their behalf.
This certificate authorises the candidate to use a specific registered description or the name of
the party as registered with the Electoral Commission, or to use ‘any registered description or
the party name as registered with the Electoral Commission’.
This authorised party name or description can then be included by the candidate on the
nomination form. It is this which will appear as their description on the ballot paper. Party
names and registered descriptions are listed on the Electoral Commission’s website
(http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk).

Details of candidate to be authorised and the allowed description/party name
Ward/parish
name:

North Petherton

Date of
election:

30th July 2026

The candidate
(name in full):
Name of political party:
I hereby certify that the candidate
may include the following
registered description or party
name in their nomination form:
Note: it is an offence to sign this form if you are not the party’s registered nominating officer
or authorised to do so by the party’s registered nominating officer
Signature of party’s registered Nominating
Officer (or person authorised by the
registered Nominating Officer):
Name of person signing this form:
Date:
This form must be delivered to the Returning Officer by no later than 4pm on the last day to
deliver nominations.

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3 – Request for a party emblem
Parish elections in England

Office use only
Date received Time received

Initials

No

This form is for a candidate of a political party who is subject to a certificate of authorisation
and who wishes to have a party emblem printed on the ballot paper next to their name.
Party emblems are listed on the Electoral Commission’s website
(http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk).
This form must be signed by the candidate.

Candidate’s request for use of an emblem
Ward/parish name:

North Petherton

Date of

30th July 2026

election:

Candidate name in full:
I request that the ballot paper shall contain, against my name, the following registered
emblem (please identify which emblem if the party has registered more than one):
Emblem to be used
(Please use name or description
as on the Electoral Commission’s
website):
Candidate’s signature:

Date:
This form is only effective if delivered for a candidate standing on behalf of a political party to
the Returning Officer by no later than 4pm on the last day to deliver nominations.
Candidates standing on behalf of more than one political party and using a joint description
may choose one emblem from one of the parties that you are standing for. Please indicate the
name of the party and the emblem name in the ‘Emblem to be used’ box above.

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Appointment of counting agents

Counting agents may be appointed using this form by the candidate.
This form must be delivered to the Returning Officer no later than Friday 3rd July. Only one counting
agent may be appointed
Parish

North Petherton

Name of parish ward

North Petherton

Date of Poll

30th July 2026

Name of candidate:
Signature of candidate
I appoint the following people as counting agents:
Name of counting agent

Address of counting agent (including postcode)

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Parish Council Election

Appointment of postal vote agents

Postal vote agents may be appointed by the candidate or their election agent using this form. Only one
postal vote agent may be appointed for each postal vote opening.
Name of Parish

North Petherton

Name of parish ward

North Petherton

Date of Poll

30th July 2026

Name of candidate:
Signature of candidate
I appoint the following people as agents to attend postal vote openings:
Name of postal vote agent

Address of postal vote agent

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Appointment of polling agents

Polling agents can be appointed using this form by the candidate. This form must be delivered to the
Returning Officer no later than Friday 3rd July.

Parish

North Petherton

Name of parish ward (if any)

North Petherton

Date of Poll

30th July 2026

Name of candidate:
Signature of candidate
I appoint the following people as polling agents:
Name and address of polling agent
(include postcode)

List of polling stations to which they are appointed

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