# The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019, Article 19: Cancellation of parish council elections in Buckinghamshire, etc


Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—
(a) elections are not to be held in 2023 or in 2027 for the return of councillors to the council of any parish within Buckinghamshire;
(b) the term of office of parish councillors elected in 2020 or at any subsequent by-election held before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2025 ends on the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 2025;
(c) elections of parish councillors for those parishes in which, but for paragraph (a), elections would have been held in 2023 are to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2025;
(d) the term of office of parish councillors elected in 2025 or at any subsequent by-election held before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2029 ends on the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 2029; and
(e) elections of parish councillors for those parishes in which, but for paragraph (a), elections would have been held in 2027 are to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2029 and every fourth year thereafter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111183717/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-buckinghamshire-structural-changes-order-2019/article-19
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