Voting in elections
Elections - Forward Plan 2012 - 2014
Scheduled elections usually take place on the first Thursday in May. A poll will only take place in the stated area if there are more candidates than there are seats available.
The timetable for scheduled elections - Borough Council, County Council, European Parliament and Parish Council - up to 2014 is as follows:-
May 2012
There will be 16 Borough Wards with elections
- Marsden
- Walverden
- Whitefield
The above Borough Wards have TWO Councillors representing the Ward but only ONE seat will be subject to election.
- Barrowford
- Boulsworth
- Bradley
- Brierfield
- Clover Hill
- Coates
- Craven
- Earby
- Horsfield
- Reedley
- Southfield
- Vivary Bridge
- Waterside
The above Borough Wards have THREE Councillors representing the Ward but only ONE seat will be subject to election.
15th November 2012
All areas of the Borough
- Police and Crime Commissioners Elections
May 2013
All County Divisions
- Brierfield and Nelson North
- Nelson South
- Pendle Central
- Pendle East
- Pendle West
- West Craven
May 2014
European Parliamentary Elections
There will be 16 Borough Wards with elections
- Marsden
- Walverden
- Whitefield
The above Borough Wards have TWO Councillors representing the Ward but only ONE seat will be subject to election.
- Barrowford
- Boulsworth
- Bradley
- Brierfield
- Clover Hill
- Coates
- Craven
- Earby
- Horsfield
- Reedley
- Southfield
- Vivary Bridge
- Waterside
The above Borough Wards have THREE Councillors representing the Ward but only ONE seat will be subject to election.
NOTE: Parliament is elected for a maximum period of five years. However, the Prime Minister may request the Monarch to dissolve Parliament any time within that term, forcing an election to be held. When a Parliamentary election takes place on the same day as combined district and parish elections, the parish elections are postponed for three weeks.
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