Larger councils’ committee
Together with councillors from National assembly, the following seats are available for candidates interested in direct election to this committee:
• Eight directly elected councillor seats from larger councils.
• Four directly elected non-voting clerks from larger councils.
To be eligible to stand for election, you must represent a larger council, defined as those with an electorate of over 6,000 and/or an annual budgeted income of £600,000.
Smaller councils’ committee
Three seats are available for candidates interested in direct election to the Smaller Councils Committee. Candidates may be councillors or clerks but must represent a smaller council which is defined as a council with less than 6,000 electorates. Its function is to enable smaller councils to be provided, through county associations, with the tools and information to carry out their functions effectively, with the minimum cost and complexity and to develop, formulate and respond to the policy issues affecting smaller councils within NALC's overall framework, including the ability to recommend directly to the Policy Committee.
The committee has three directly elected seats available together with together with councillors from National assembly. NALC welcome nominations from both councillors and clerks of smaller councils.
Meetings
Both committees, they meet formally 4 times per annum, three of these are remote with one face to face meeting in London. On occasion the committee may meet informally.
Managing the election
UK Engage will be managing this election on behalf of the National Association of Local Councils. If you would like to put your name forward to stand for election, you will need to complete a nomination form.
The easiest way to do this is to complete our online nomination form, which you can access HERE.
Nominations for this election will close at 5pm on Wednesday, 25 October 2023.
If you have any queries about the committees themselves, please contact myself or Farhana at
