BRIGHSTONE PARISH COUNCIL HAS 2 VACANCIES
CO-OPTION OF A MEMBER
The Parish Council will consider the co-option of two people to serve on the Brighstone Parish Council at a meeting to be held on 8th July 2026.
Persons wishing to be considered and who are eligible* to serve as a Parish Councillor should notify the Parish Clerk, Mrs Joy Walker, in writing, under their own signature by Monday 6th July 2026.
Prospective candidates will be asked to make a short presentation to the Parish Council on how they can contribute to the Parish Council and the community of Brighstone.
Please email the Clerk: clerk@brighstoneparish.gov.uk
Signed: Joy Walker (Clerk)
Dated: 28th May 2026
Address: Solair, Hunnyhill, Brighstone, Isle of Wight PO30 4DU
Brighstone Parish Council Co-option Notice (Official Notice PDF)
Requirements
A local councillor must be 18 years of age or over and a British subject or qualifying Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of another Member State of the European Community He/she must also fulfil at least one of the following criteria:-
- During the whole of the 12 months before nomination occupied land or premises as owner or tenant in the parish area, or,
- During the same period resided in the Parish, or within 3 miles thereof, or
- During the same period had his/her principal or only place of work in that Parish, or
- At the time of nomination be registered as a local government elector for the administrative area of the Parish.
The person should not be disqualified from being elected by reason of any disqualification set out in, or decision made under, sections 80 or 81A of the Local Government Act 1972, or section 34 of the Localism Act 2011.
