Scottish Local Government Elections - 5 May 2022

Notice of Election

Councillors are to be elected for each of the five wards of Clackmannanshire Council. The number of councillors to be elected for each ward is as follows:

Ward	Number of Councillors to be elected
Ward 1 - Clackmannanshire West	4
Ward 2 - Clackmannanshire North	4
Ward 3 - Clackmannanshire Central	3
Ward 4 - Clackmannanshire South	4
Ward 5 - Clackmannanshire East	3

The poll will be held in each contested ward between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 5 May 2022.

Standing for election

Nomination papers may be delivered to the Returning Officer to the following place and at the following dates and times:

Place to collect and deliver nomination papers:

• Returning Officer
  Election Office
  Clackmannanshire Council
  Kilncraigs
  Greenside Street
  Alloa
  FK10 1EB
  Tel: 01259 452266
  email: elections@clacks.gov.uk

First delivery permitted:

• 10am on Tuesday 15 March 2022

Collection/delivery permitted:

• Delivery permitted between 10am and 4pm on any working day until the deadline given below.  As our reception is closed, please phone election team to make an appointment or to let us know you are at the building.

Delivery deadline for nomination papers:

• 4pm on Wednesday 30 March 2022

Applications for registration, postal and proxy voting

Applications to be included on the register of electors or for postal or proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Electoral Registration Officer, Hillside House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling, FK7 9JQ by the dates given below.

Application deadlines

Register to vote: 

Applications to register to vote can be made online by following the link.

• 12 Midnight on Monday 18 April 2022

New postal vote applications (including proxies applying to vote by post):

• 5pm on Tuesday 19 April 2022

To cancel or alter postal and proxy votes, or to change from postal to proxy voting :

• 5pm on Tuesday 19 April 2022

New proxy vote applications:

• 5pm on Tuesday 26 April 2022

If, after 5pm on Tuesday 26 April 2022, you are unable to vote in person because of:

• disability suffered after that deadline (or, for applicants who suffered a disability before the deadline, their disability meant that they could not reasonably have made an application in time)
• work/service reasons (the person must have become aware that they cannot go to the polling station in person after 5pm on Tuesday 26 April 2022)
• following Scottish Government advice or the advice of a medical professional in relation to coronavirus
• being detained in a hospital under the civil sections of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
• being detained as a Scottish prisoner serving a sentence of 12 months or less

you can apply to vote by emergency proxy. Completed applications must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 5 May 2022.

For advice on postal or proxy voting, contact the Electoral Registration Officer, tel: 01786 892289 or email: registration@centralscotland-vjb.gov.uk.

Nikki Bridle
Constituency Returning Officer
14 March 2022