{"id":610,"date":"2013-03-08T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/?post_type=tb_guides&#038;p=610"},"modified":"2020-12-17T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:32:40","slug":"part-4-independent-councillors","status":"publish","type":"tb_guides","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/guide\/how-to-stand-for-election-information-for-candidates\/part-4-independent-councillors\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you plan to stand for the County Council as an independent councillor, your local District or City Council\u2019s Electoral Registration Officer can advise you about what you&#8217;ll need to do to get your name on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more information on The Independent Group on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/lga-independent\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Government Association website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further information and advice is available from:<\/p>\n<p>LGA Independent Group<br \/>\nLocal Government House<br \/>\n18 Smith Square<br \/>\nLondon<br \/>\nSW1P 3HZ<br \/>\nPhone: 020 7664 3224<br \/>\nEmail: independent.grouplga@local.gov.uk <\/p>\n<p>In addition, there is additional guidance for Independent Councillors with\u00a0corresponding advice outlining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/lga-independent\/our-work\/\" rel=\"noopener\">a range of support mechanisms to members<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tb_guide":[1315],"class_list":["post-610","tb_guides","type-tb_guides","status-publish","hentry","tb_guide-how-to-stand-for-election-information-for-candidates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tb_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7488,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guides\/610\/revisions\/7488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tb_guide","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tb_guide?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}