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The Parish does not have a Parish Council. With only one candidate, is it necessary to vote for and against?
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I'm the current chair and clerk of our Parish Meeting. In answer to your question it is done in the usual manner at the Annual Parish Meeting. All you need is for the individual to be proposed and seconded. Obviously it needs to be duly minuted etc.... This would be the same for all officers when only one willing to fill the post!
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Thanks, very helpful.
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If it's a re-appointment, as Clockworkmouse has indicated, it just needs a vote at the Annual Parish Meeting. If the election is to install a new chair following a vacancy, you should not wait for the Annual Parish Meeting to do this. A special meeting is required. Para 88(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 states:-

"In a parish not having a separate parish council, a casual vacancy in the office of chairman of the parish meeting shall be filled by the parish meeting, and a parish meeting shall be convened for the purpose of filling the vacancy forthwith."
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