RULES FOR STANDING IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

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To qualify as a candidate for election to the District Council you must be 18 years of age and a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a citizen of another Member State of the European Community.

* In addition you must also meet one of the following qualifications during the whole of the 12 months before the day you are nominated and on polling day: You must be a local Government elector for district you are wishing to stand in.
* You must have had, during the whole of the twelve months preceding the day on which you are nominated, occupied as owner or tenant any land or premises in the District
* Your principal or only place of work in the twelve months preceding that day must have been in the District
* You must have resided in the District during the whole of the twelve months preceding that day

* You cannot stand if: You hold a paid office or employment with the Council, or, in certain circumstances, are employed by another Council
* You are an un-discharged bankrupt
* You have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) of not less than three months without the option of a fine during the five years preceding the election
* You have been convicted or reported guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice by an election court, or you have been disqualified from standing for election to a local authority following a decision of the Adjudication Panel for England
* You hold any employment in a company which is under the control of the local authority.

Your nomination paper has to be signed by a proposer and seconder and eight other signatories whose names are on the current Electoral Register for the Ward in which you are standing. You should also submit with your nomination paper a completed Consent to Nomination form.