Interested in becoming a councillor

Elections take place every four years. The timescales, advertising and process of elections is governed by a statutory procedure. All candidates have to be proposed and seconded by electors of the parish.

If an existing councillors post becomes vacant the vacancy is advertised for a fixed period of time and, unless ten electors have requested a poll, the vacancy is filled by co-option at a subsequent council meeting.

Further information can be obtained from the National Association of Local Councils (NALC)

The Town councillors - there are 17 of us. Buckingham Town Council is made up of elected councillors from the North and South Buckingham Wards, the river Ouse being the boundary line. Each councillor sits on various committees a matrix of these can be found here or under the "Committees" menu.

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