Town Council starts search for new councillors

Welshpool Town Council is looking to bounce back from a dramatic few months by starting the process to fill the vacancies created by councillors resigning.

Due to a lack of interest in an election, the town council is going to ‘co-opt’ three new members to fill the spots.

There are three available places, but a fourth will also need to be filed in future following last week’s resignation of Town Mayor, Cllr David Senior, for ‘personal reasons’. Cllr Senior has still not commented on his sudden departure.

The vacancies are on the Llanerchyddol Ward (two) and Gungrog Ward with expressions of interest now being sought.

Candidates will have the opportunity to present their case to council as to why they should be chosen, before councillors themselves will pick those successful.

The council has announced:

“You must be a British, Commonwealth, Irish or an EU citizen aged 18 years or over and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• registered as a local government elector for the area named above; or
• during the whole of the last 12 months occupied as owner or tenant land or other premises in the community named above; or
• Your principal or only place of work during the last 12 months has been in the community named above; or
• You have during the whole of the last 12 months resided in the community or within 4.8kms of it. 

For more information, or to be considered for co-option, contact the Town Clerk, Anne Wilson, on anne@welshpooltowncouncil.gov.uk or call 01938 553142 by noon on May 17.