Applications Open for Councillors for Rennington Parish Council
Councillor Vacancies on Rennington Parish Council
Do you have an interest in your local environment, planning and housing issues, local transport, community services and amenities, local business and much more?
Would you like to get involved in making decisions about your local community?
Rennington Parish Council is looking for additional councillors to make a contribution on behalf of their community. Seven councillors are serving on the current Parish Council and there are vacancies for an additional three councillors. We invite you to apply and be considered for co-option to the Council. We want to see a team of councillors that reflects and represents the diversity of the community we serve.
Following the May 2021 local elections, the Council has adopted a number of key priorities that will influence its work going forward:
- Engagement and involvement with members of the community in order to properly represent the views of the electorate
- A high standard of governance to include transparency, accountability, inclusiveness and participation.
- Adoption of a Neighbourhood Development Plan for the whole parish of Rennington.
If you are 18 or over, an elector in the Parish, or meet one of a number of other eligibilty criteria set out in the application pack and are interested in applying to serve as Councillor then please download your application pack from the website at northumberlandparishes.uk/rennington/documents (see below) or email or telephone the Clerk who will send you out a pack. Please return your completed application pack to Deb Still, Clerk to the Council at clerk@rennington-pc.gov.uk If you would like an informal discussion prior to making an application please telephone the Clerk on 01665 602099.
All co-options are considered at Parish Council Meetings.
