{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Community councillors.",
  "text": "(1) Community councillors shall be elected by the local government electors for the community in accordance with this Act and Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1983.\n(2) There shall be ordinary elections of community councillors in 2022 and in every fifth year thereafter.\n(2A) The term of office of the community councillors shall be five years.\n(2B) On the fourth day after any such ordinary election—\n(a) the persons who were councillors immediately before the election shall retire; and\n(b) the newly elected councillors shall assume office.\n(3) Where a community is not divided into community wards there shall be one election of community councillors for the whole community.\n(4) Where a community is divided into community wards there shall be a separate election of community councillors for each ward.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 8 para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 35(2)(2A)(2B) substituted for s. 35(2) (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 15 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 3(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 35(2) substituted (W.) (6.11.2019) by The Local Authorities (Change to the Years of Ordinary Elections) (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1269), arts. 1(2), 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 35(2) substituted (W.) (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 15(2), 175(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 35(2A) substituted (W.) (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 15(3), 175(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:26.887741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}