In the 2013 election 8 out of 20 Penzance Town Councillors 'duly
elected’ received no votes at all! Electors
in Newlyn/Mousehole, Heamoor and Gulval had no choice as to who represented
them. Their representatives
had already been ‘duly elected’ simply because they had put themselves forward and nobody had stood against them. This is not to discredit those public
spirited individuals who put themselves forward but it
is an indication of local democracy undermined by apathy.
The Note of Election will be published by Cornwall Council on the 20 March 2017 and the deadline for nominations will be 4 pm on 4 April 2017.
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