Guidance for Candidates at Parish council elections in England

Living in the parish area (or within three miles of it)

To be able to use this qualification, you are not required to have lived at the same address for the whole of the 12 months before the day on which you are nominated, but you must have lived in the same parish area, or within three miles of it, during the whole of those 12 months.1

If in the last 12 months you have lived at more than one address in the parish (or within three miles of it) you should declare on the home address form all of the addresses at which you have lived during that period.

This qualification also requires you to live in the parish area, or within three miles of it, from the date of nomination to polling day.
 

Last updated: 1 December 2023