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Appointment of Chief Executive as Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer

 

 

Meeting: 07/02/2022 - Appointments Committee (Item 5)

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To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer.

 

The report details a proposal for the appointment of Returning Officer for local government elections and Electoral Registration Officer and Deputy Electoral Registration Officer.

 

The Committee is requested to recommend to the Council Meeting:-

 

(1)    That Caroline Simpson be appointed as Returning Officer by virtue of section 35 (returning officers: local elections) of the 1983 Act, as modified by Schedule 2 and be appointed Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 8 of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

 

(2) That Vicki Bates be appointed Deputy Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 52(2) of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

 

Officer contact: Vicki Bates on 0161 474 3219 or email: vicki.bates@stockport.gov.uk

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal for the appointment of Returning Officer for local government elections and Electoral Registration Officer and Deputy Electoral Registration Officer.

 

RESOLVED – (1) That Caroline Simpson be appointed as Returning Officer by virtue of section 35 (returning officers: local elections) of the 1983 Act, as modified by Schedule 2 and be appointed Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 8 of The Representation of the People Act 1983.

 

(2) That Vicki Bates be appointed Deputy Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of Section 52(2) of The Representation of the People Act 1983.