NOTICE OF ELECTION
Babergh District Council
Election of Parish and Town Councillors
for the Parishes and Towns listed below
Number of Number of Number of Parishes Councillors to be Parishes Councillors to be Parishes Councillors to be elected elected elected Acton Nine Great Cornard North and Seven Pinewood Nine Great Cornard South - Great Cornard South Ward Aldham Five Great Waldingfield Eight Polstead Seven Alpheton Seven Groton Seven Preston St Mary Seven Assington Seven Hadleigh - Hadleigh North Five Raydon Nine Ward Belstead Five Hadleigh - Hadleigh South Ten Semer Five Ward Bentley Nine Harkstead Seven Shimpling Seven Bildeston Nine Hartest Seven Shotley Nine Boxford Nine Chattisham and Hintlesham Nine Sproughton Twelve – Hintlesham Ward Brantham Eleven Hitcham Seven Stanstead Seven Brent Eleigh Five Holbrook Eleven Stoke-By-Nayland Nine Brettenham Seven Holton St Mary Seven Stratford St Mary Nine Bures St Mary Nine Kersey Seven Stutton Nine Burstall Eleven Kettlebaston Seven Sudbury - Elm and One Hillside Ward Capel St Mary Fourteen Lavenham Eleven Sudbury - Hawkins One Road Ward Chattisham and Hintlesham – Three Lawshall Seven Sudbury - St One Chattisham Ward Leonards Ward Chelmondiston Eleven Layham Seven Sudbury - Sudbury Two East Ward Chilton Seven Leavenheath Nine Sudbury - Sudbury Six North Ward Cockfield Nine Lindsey Seven Sudbury - Sudbury Three South Ward Copdock and Washbrook Eight Little Cornard Seven Sudbury - Sudbury Two South West Ward East Bergholt Thirteen Little Waldingfield Seven Tattingstone Nine Edwardstone Seven Long Melford Thirteen Thorpe Morieux Seven Elmsett Seven Monks Eleigh Seven Wattisham Five Freston Seven Nayland-with-Wissington Nine Whatfield Seven Glemsford Ten Nedging-with-Naughton Five Wherstead Seven Great Cornard North and Seven Newton Seven Woolverstone Nine Great Cornard South - Great Cornard North Ward
1. Forms of nomination may be obtained at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX from the Returning Officer who will, at the request of an elector for any electoral area, prepare a nomination paper for signature.
2. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX on any day from the date of this notice but no later than 4 pm on Wednesday, 3 April 2019.
3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 2 May 2019.
4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Friday, 12 April 2019. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX by 5 pm on Monday, 15 April 2019.
6. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019.
7. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election on grounds of physical incapacity or for work/service reasons must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX by 5 pm on Thursday, 2 May 2019. The physical incapacity must have occurred after 5 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019. To apply on the grounds of work/service, the person must have become aware that they cannot go to the polling station in person after 5 pm on Wednesday, 24 April 2019.
Dated Tuesday 12 March 2019 Arthur Charvonia Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX