Community Council Interim Elections

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Elections to all community councils in Renfrewshire are held every four years. However, sometimes community councils need to increase membership numbers and fill vacancies before a scheduled 4-yearly election is due and to do this individual community councils can hold an Interim Election.

To help you take part, the community council will display notices throughout the neighbourhood showing:

• the number of places available for new members on the community council;
• where you can get a nomination form;
• details of where to return nomination forms; and
• the date by which forms must be returned. (Late submissions are not allowed).

Community Council Nomination Forms (sample) (pdf - 44KB)

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Nomination forms are then checked by Renfrewshire Council and:

• if the number of candidates for membership is more than the number of vacancies, then a poll is held to allow local residents to elect members; or
• if the number of candidates for membership is less or equal to the number of vacancies, then the candidates are declared members of the community council.

Afterwards, the community council will display notices to let you know who has been chosen as new members.

For an informal chat about interim elections to community councils, or for further advice, please contact community-council.cs@renfrewshire.gov.uk or phone 0141 840 3147