Can a chair of a parish council be removed

Question

I was asked (its that time of year) whether a Chair of a Parish Council can be voted off during a Council year, and if so how?

Answer 1

It gets asked often: The very simple answer is no.

The chance to elect your chair and vice chair is the May meeting, all other methods: No confidence votes etc, have no legal standing (though obviously have a personal effect on the chair or vice chair).

Be careful who you vote for in the May annual meeting.

Answer 2

Possibly by the monitoring officer of the principal authority for very serious breaches of the code of conduct, if new powers come ini orn, virtue of being prosecuted anda gainingga a criminal record while in office