New councillor on the cards for Strathallan in by-election
Perth and Kinross Council has announced the local by-elections for the Perth City North ward and Strathallan ward will take place on Thursday, September 26.
Voters will be asked to elect a new councillor following the resignations of Strathallan’s Crawford Reid and Perth City North’s Brian Leishman.
On July 10, Strathallan Conservative councillor Dr Reid tendered his resignation due to work pressures.
The consultant anaesthetist recently returned from retirement to work part-time with NHS Forth Valley.
Labour’s Mr Leishman was recently elected to represent the Alloa and Grangemouth constituency at Westminster.
Prospective candidates have until 4pm on Monday, August 26, to submit their nominations.
The by-elections will be operated under the
Single Transferable Vote System, which sees voters rank candidates in preferential order.
Those eligible to vote include residents who are aged 16 or older on September 26.
Anyone with electoral register enquiries, amendments, seeking to apply to register to vote or for a postal or proxy vote should contact Perth and Kinross Council’s interim electoral registration officer, Donald Allan, by sending an email to perth@ tayside-vjb.gov.uk or calling 01738 630303.
Enquiries about elections, dates and notices, candidate nominations, polling places, issues with postal votes not being received, spoilt or lost, ballot papers and how to vote, results or any other election related query should be directed to the returning officer Thomas Glen.
Call 01738 475004 or email: elections@pkc. gov.uk.