Election process training available for potential candidates and agents
Potential election candidates and their organisers can attend a training course detailing how to go about being nominated.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s course for candidates and election agents is online on Monday, 16 March at 6pm.
Those attending will need to register for the event via the following link: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams .
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is holding an ‘all-out’ election on Thursday, May 7.
All 44 seats will be contested in 21 wards, with 23 seats needed to take outright control of the council.
Gordon Mole, Returning Officer for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, said:
It has been four years since the last ‘all-out’ election and some people are more familiar with the process than others.
We wish to encourage a wide range of candidates to put themselves forward for election, and this is a straightforward introduction, or re-introduction, to the process to help people through the paperwork.”
The Borough Council is responsible for many services including town centre regeneration, waste collection, maintaining green spaces, planning, car parks and monitoring hygiene standards in bars, cafes and restaurants
The authority is not responsible for road maintenance, social care, or supporting children and young people with special educational needs.