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NOTICE OF ELECTION

Election of Borough Councillors and Parish Councillors

NAME OF WARD NUMBER OF BOROUGH PARISHES WHERE NUMBER OF PARISH COUNCILLORS ELECTIONS ARE BEING HELD COUNCILLORS TO BE ELECTED TO BE ELECTED

ALLINGTON 1 9 BARMING AND 1 5 1 NORTH 4 BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA AND 1 BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA SOUTH 11 1 BOXLEY NORTH 6 BRIDGE 1 BOXLEY SOUTH 7 AND HUNTON 1 BOXLEY SOUTH EAST 1 EAST 1 BOXLEY WOODLANDS 1 FANT 1 7 1 CHART SUTTON 7 HEATH 1 COXHEATH 13 HIGH STREET 1 1 MARDEN AND 1 9 NORTH 1 HEADCORN 13 1 8 PARK WOOD 1 HUNTON 7 SHEPWAY NORTH 1 LINTON 7 SHEPWAY SOUTH 1 MARDEN 11 SOUTH 1 7 TESTON 7 2 7 7 YALDING 1

Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer at Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, , ME15 6JQ between 9am and 4pm. This should be on any working day after the date of the publication of this notice (excluding Bank Holidays) but no later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021. Appointments between the hours stated, can be made for delivering your nomination paper by contacting [email protected] or by phone on 01622 602007. For more details of the process for nominations this year please visit: https://maidstone.gov.uk/candidates

Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer at Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ during the times stated above or downloaded from the Electoral Commission website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk . In addition, parish nomination papers are available from the Parish Clerk.

If an election is contested, it will be taken together with the poll for the Police and Crime Commissioner, Kent County Council Elections, Boughton Monchelsea and Neighbourhood Plan Referendums on Thursday 6 May 2021 between the hours of 7am and 10pm.

APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT FORMS AVAILABLE FROM

www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Electoral Services, Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone New applications to register to vote Monday 19 April 2021 House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ [email protected]

www.electoralcommission.org.uk New applications to vote by post or to 5pm on Electoral Services, Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone cancel or amend an existing postal vote Tuesday 20 April 2021 House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ or proxy appointment [email protected]

www.electoralcommission.org.uk 5pm on Electoral Services, Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone New applications to vote by proxy Tuesday 27 April 2021 House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ [email protected]

Emergency applications to vote by proxy www.electoralcommission.org.uk The physical incapacity must have occurred after 5pm Electoral Services, Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone on Tuesday 27 April 2021. To apply on the grounds of 5pm on Thursday 6 May 2021 House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ work/service/self-isolation the person must have [email protected]

become aware that they cannot go to the polling station in person after 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021.

DATED: FRIDAY 19 MARCH 2021 ALISON BROOM RETURNING OFFICER PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY RETURNING OFFICER, MAIDSTONE HOUSE, KING STREET, MAIDSTONE, KENT ME15 6JQ