1st May 2025 Parish Council Election Packs & Information – deadline 02.04.25

Nomination packs and submission

Please find attached a parish nomination pack along with an annotated example of a parish nomination form to help you complete yours.

Due to expected numbers, we will be running an appointment system for the submission of nomination papers. Appointments are 15-minute slots and can be booked by emailing ReturningOfficer@westnorthants.gov.uk with your name, date and time you’d like to come in and a contact telephone number or calling the Elections Team on 01604 526130.  A member of the team will then contact you to arrange a date and time. You are welcome to just “turn up” at any of the locations during the dates and times given, however you may be required to wait until an officer is free to take your nomination paper and process it.

We are operating from The Guildhall One Stop Shop, Northampton on all days, but only specified days at The Abbey, Daventry and The Forum, Towcester full details will be included on the Notice of Election and are detailed below:

The Abbey, Daventry

20 March – 9am – 4.30pm

26 March – 9am – 4.30pm

28 March – 9am – 4.30pm

The Guildhall, One Stop Shop, Northampton

17 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              26 March – 9am – 7pm

18 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              27 March – 9am – 4.30pm

19 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              28 March – 9am – 4.30pm

20 March – 9am – 7pm                                   31 March – 9am – 7pm

21 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              1 April – 9am – 7pm

24 March – 9am – 7pm                                   2 April – 9am – 4pm

25 March – 9am – 4.30pm

The Forum, Towcester

17 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              25 March – 9am – 4.30pm

18 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              27 March – 9am – 4.30pm

19 March – 9am – 7pm                                   31 March – 9am – 7pm

21 March – 9am – 4.30pm                              1 April – 9am – 7pm

24 March – 9am – 7pm                                   1 April – 9am – 7pm

Communication

To ensure everyone is kept informed, we will be sending information via email – this will include your nomination validity notice (formal receipt of nomination), therefore please ensure that you include your email address. After the close of nominations (2 April) we will send out important emails regarding documents that you may need to complete however, if you are a Candidate with an Agent we ask that you confer with your Agent to ensure no duplicated requests or submissions are sent to us.

Briefing

A briefing will take place on 9 April for those candidates that are in contested areas.  The briefing will cover arrangements for the count, code of conduct and postal voting.

An email will be sent to all candidates of contested areas after 2 April with a link to the Teams event, this will be recorded and added to the Elections 2025 webpage.

Count

The parish counts will take place at Benham Sports Centre, Kings Park Road, Northampton NN3 6LL on Saturday 3 May 2025, further details will come out in the email you receive after close of nominations.