Moray residents advised there's still time to stand as a Community Councillor

JUST over a week remains until nominations for Moray’s community council elections close.

A third of Moray’s 208 seats have been filled through this election so far, but there’s still time for others to get involved.

Anyone wishing to stand as a candidate can complete a nomination form, which is available on Moray Council’s website. For the first time, Moray Council is accepting forms by email to the elections office, providing the nomination form is hand-signed and scanned back. Nominations will close at 4pm on Thursday 28 September.

Candidates must be aged 16 or over, live and appear on the electoral register in the area they want to stand as a candidate in.

For those interested in what’s involved in being a community councillor, information can be found in the Community Councillors' handbook, also available online.

If any community council area receives more nominations than seats and is contested, a postal ballot will be held in October.

Inaugural meetings for established community councils, which don’t require a ballot, will be held in October and details will be online at www.moray.gov.uk/communitycouncils.

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Famous for its colony of dolphins, fabulous beaches and more malt whisky distilleries than any where else in Scotland, Moray is a thriving area and a great place to live. Nestling between Aberdeenshire and the Highlands, Moray stretches from Tomintoul in the south to the shores of the Moray Firth, from Keith in the east to Brodie Castle in the west.