Bradley Stoke Town Council could change its policy over advertising councillor vacancies after a position was only advertised in the ward rather than online.
The Bradley Stoke Journal has reported that Caroline Charlton has stood down from her Meadowband seat but the vacancy has yet to appear on the council’s website.
Press spokesman John Ashe has told the Examiner: “The legal requirement is only to advertise the vacancy on notice boards throughout the parish which was done, so no notice was posted on our website.
“However I do think that we should in future advertise vacancies on the website as the parish notice board ruling has obviously been around for decades before the invention of the web.”
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1 The Bradley Stoke Journal » Election notice published for Meadowbank ward // Aug 31, 2008 at 5:47 pm
[...] on its website, despite press spokesperson John Ashe admitting to the Bradley Stoke Examiner that the Council’s publication practices are decades behind the times. Mr Ashe’s comments came after a number of readers contacted The Journal to complain that the [...]
2 The Bradley Stoke Journal » Details of Councillor vacancy to be revealed this week // Sep 14, 2009 at 8:37 am
[...] Ms Charlton’s resignation only became apparent when a notice of vacancy was posted on noticeboards in the town. The Council was criticised at the time for not announcing the vacancy on its own website, which lead to a spokesperson admitting that the Council’s publication practices were decades behind the times. [...]
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