NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY

A LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILLOR

FOR BROMPTON WARD

AND QUEEN’S GATE WARD

IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF

KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

1. CASUAL VACANCY

A Casual Vacancy has arisen for a Councillor for Brompton Ward due to the death of a Councillor and in Queen’s Gate Ward due to the death of a Councillor.

A casual vacancy is usually filled by means of a by election to elect a new member to fill the vacant seat on the council.

2. REQUESTING A BY ELECTION

A by election is only triggered by local government electors requesting a by election to take place. This requires two local government electors within a principal local authority (not just from the ward) giving notice to the proper officer of the authority.

3. DISCRETION ON HOLDING A BY ELECTION

Once the requests from the electors are received the polling day for the by election must be set at the Returning Officer’s discretion for within 35 working days of the date of receipt of the requests. There is no time limit for receipt of the requests, but, if requests are not received, the seat will remain vacant until the seat would normally be up for election.

All requests for a by election regarding this Casual Vacancy must be sent to The Returning Officer, Room 346, The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX.

Dated 3 May 2011

DEREK MYERS

Returning Officer

Published by the Returning Officer, The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX