Article 3 Elections of the council of Darlington

(1)

The ordinary elections of all councillors of the borough of Darlington shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003^f1 and every fourth year after 2003.

(2)

The term of office of any councillor so elected shall be four years and on the fourth day after any such elections the persons who were councillors immediately before those elections shall retire and the newly elected councillors shall come in to office.

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f1: For the ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and section 17 of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).