Article 8 Parish council elections

Elections of all parish councillors for the parishes of Ailsworth, Castor, Glinton, Marholm and Wothorpe shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1999, 2002 and every fourth year after 2002.

The ordinary elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Borough Fen, Sutton, Thorney, Thornhaugh, Wansford and Wittering in 1998 shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 11th May 1998 who would, but for this paragraph, have retired on that date shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until 10th May 1999.

The term of office of any parish councillor elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1999 for the parishes of Deeping Gate, Eye, Maxey, Newborough, Northborough and Peakirk shall be three years.

The term of office of any parish councillor elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2000 for the parishes of Bainton, Barnack, Etton, Helpston, Southorpe and Ufford shall be three years.

Elections of all parish councillors for the parishes of Borough Fen, Sutton, Thorney, Thornhaugh, Wansford and Wittering shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1999, 2002 and every fourth year after 2002.

Elections of all parish councillors for the parishes of Deeping Gate, Eye, Maxey, Newborough, Northborough and Peakirk shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2002 and every fourth year after 2002.

Elections of all parish councillors for the parishes of Bainton, Barnack, Etton, Helpston, Southorpe and Ufford shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003.

The term of office of any parish councillor elected at the elections held pursuant to paragraph (1), (5), (6) or (7) shall be, in the case of councillors elected in 1999, three years and, in any other case, four years.

On the fourth day after any such election—

Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986^f1 (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect, in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 10th May 1999 in the office of a parish councillor for the parish of Borough Fen, Sutton, Thorney, Thornhaugh, Wansford or Wittering as if the references in paragraphs (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to that date.