Notice of Vacancy:

THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF ABERTILLERY AND LLANHILLETH

CYNGOR CYMUNED ABERTYLERI A LLANHILEDD

Email: clerk@abertilleryandllanhlleth-wcc.gov.uk Telephone: 01495 217323

www.abertilleryandllanhilleth-wcc.gov.uk

Council Offices,

Mitre Street,

Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. NP13 1AE.

Swyddfa'r Cyngor,

Stryd Meitre,

Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent. NP13 1AE.

NOTICE UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 (Section 87(2))

VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday 24 June 2025 the Community Council of Abertillery & Llanhilleth declared that a vacancy exists in the Cwmtillery Ward

Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 now applies.

The rule allows TEN ELECTORS (i.e., people who are on the register of electors) for the Cwmtillery ward, in which the casual vacancy has arisen, to request* the Returning Officer to hold an election to fill the vacancy. That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules** of the date of this notice. This period ends on Tuesday 15 July 2025.

If no request to hold an election is received during the permitted time, Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply. The Community Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.

The Returning Officer's address is:

The Returning Officer, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, The General Offices,

Steelworks Rd, Ebbw Vale, NP23 6DN

This notice is dated: Tuesday 24 June 2025

Stephen Edwards – Clerk to the Council

01495 217323 – Office hours: 9am-1pm

*There is no form of words for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as: “We the undersigned, being electors for the Cwmtillery ward, call for an election to fill the vacancy on the Community Council arising in the Cwmtillery ward.”

The ten signatures should be accompanied by printed names and addresses.

**In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice.

Notice posted by Deputy Clerk Molly Jones, 24/06/2025.

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We do not currently have any vacancies for office staff.

This information was updated on 24/06/2025