Saturday 21 January 2012

Parish Clerk objects to advertising for new councillors



imageHenley NEWS published a banner advert advising residents that they could stand as parish councillors in the May 2012 parish election.

The parish clerk, Mrs Jenny Walsh, without it being discussed by the full council demanded that the advert be "removed from your website forthwith".


Henley NEWS ran a similar campaign four years ago, which resulted in 2 new parish councillors.

Stratford District Council approves the Advert

Stratford District Council has emailed Henley NEWS advising that: "The District Council has received correspondence regarding this and has responded accordingly.

"There isn’t anything within electoral legislation regarding this concern, but the District Council does regard this as good practice to invite people to be a Councillor (above the statutory notices) and the District Council usually holds an open evening for all prospective candidates."

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