Election 2016

This is a bumper election year for Cambourne with at least 1 seat up for the District Council and all 13 seats up for the Parish Council in May.

District - Bourn Ward. Currently Cambourne is within the Bourn and Mervyn Loynes is the current member who may re-stand in May.

Parish - Cambourne Parish. This is one ward with 13 seats to elect. In 2008 and 2012 there were less than 13 candidates standing so those who stood were elected without the need for a poll.

If you want to stand as a Parish Council candidate you need to fill out a nomination form and a consent form. You will only need 2 electors of the Parish to sign the form. These are a proposer and a seconder who are not you and who are on the electoral roll for the Parish. Go here for a  nomination form. Nominations open when the Notice of Nominations is issues (roughly 30th March 2016) and close at 4pm 7th April 2016.

You can stand if you are a British, Irish, Commonwealth Citizen or EU Citizen you have a right to stand as a Parish Councillor. Further criteria is here.