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Home / Training / Town and Parish Council Elections Briefings 2025

Town and Parish Council Elections Briefings 2025

13th December 2024

Tues 18th Feb 2025

5.30pm to 7pm (please note this is an earlier start than previously advertised)

At County Hall, Durham DH1 5UL

 

and Tues 4th March 2025

6pm to 7.30pm

on Zoom

 

£20 each session

Local elections for parish and town councils in County Durham are scheduled for Thurs 1 May 2025.  Councils should prepare themselves in advance as once the election timetable is ticking there are tight deadlines for key tasks and the processes to follow are strict.

This training is suitable for clerks and interested councillors.  The first hour will concentrate on the tasks prior to the election including key dates, completion of nomination forms by candidates, qualifications for standing as a candidate and voting and understanding purdah.  The last half hour will focus on what councils should prepare for, in welcoming and inducting a new cohort of councillors and council.

Our presenters will be:

Lesley Swinbank, currently clerk to a small parish council but with over 30+ years of experience as a large town council clerk in County Durham

Officers from DCC Electoral Services

Audrey Christie, Executive Officer at the County Durham Association of Local Councils

 

Tues 18th Feb 2025

5.30pm to 7pm 

At County Hall, Durham DH1 5UL

Click here to book on Town and Parish Councils Elections Training on Tues 18th Feb 2025 at 6pm.  Bookings will close Sun 16th Feb 2025 at 6pm.

or Tues 4th March 2025

6pm to 7.30pm

on Zoom

Click here to book on Town and Parish Councils Elections Training on Tues 4th March 2025 at 6pm.  Bookings will close on Sun 2nd March 2025 at 6pm.

If you need to cancel please do so as early as possible and preferably 48 hours before the event by emailing us at cdalc@durham.gov.uk

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