{"id":10088,"date":"2024-09-03T10:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/campaign-page-2\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T11:06:19","slug":"who-can-be-a-councillor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/beacouncillor\/who-can-be-a-councillor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can be a councillor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix custombanner has_background_image text-light\" id=\"block_acf-block-673336a95d8ac\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"parent-banner clearfix bannerstyle no-padding\" id=\"block_acf-block-673336a95d8f4\"><div class=\"banner-outer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"banner-show parent-banner-outer parent-banner-1\" data-aos=\"fade\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x banner-top\"><div class=\"medium-6 large-6 cell medium-order-1 content-1\"><div class=\"banner-content\"><header><h1>Who can be a councillor?<\/h1><\/header><p>Councillors come from many different backgrounds and you don\u2019t need to have any specific qualifications to become one. However, there are certain eligibility criteria that all candidates need to meet in order to stand in the elections. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"banner-content-buttons\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/?page_id=10185\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"dataLayer.push({ 'buttonEvent': 'Information page' });\">Eligibility qualifications<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-673336a95d91e\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-673336a95e30a\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><p class=\"intro text-center\">We know that standing to be a councillor can feel like a daunting prospect. Here are the answers to some of the questions we get asked the most about who can be a Devon county councillor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-4 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/beacouncillor\/who-can-be-a-councillor\/eligibility-qualifications\">What are the eligibility qualifications?<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>You can be a councillor if you&#8217;re 18+, a British or an eligible Commonwealth citizen, and live, work, or own property in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/beacouncillor\/who-can-be-a-councillor\/what-skills-and-experience-do-i-need\/\">What skills and experience do I need?<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>You don\u2019t need specific qualifications. The Council provides training to help you develop necessary skills and experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/beacouncillor\/who-can-be-a-councillor\/can-i-have-a-job\/\">Can I have a job and be a councillor?<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Yes, you can. Employers must allow reasonable time off for councillor duties, though specifics vary. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/beacouncillor\/who-can-be-a-councillor\/can-i-have-a-disability\/\">I have a disability, can I be a councillor?<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Yes, you can. Local authorities must make reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabled councillors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix contactblock has_background_image text-light\" id=\"block_acf-block-673336a95e34b\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center fourcolumn-text\">Contact us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-dcc-subheading\">If you have any further questions, please get in touch with our Democratic Services team.<br>Email us at <a href=\"mailto:membersservicesteam-mailbox@devon.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">members.services@devon.gov.uk<\/a> &nbsp;or call us <a href=\"tel:01392 380 547\">01392 380 547<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <span class=\"orange text-excerpt\">&gt;<\/span>","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":0,"parent":10936,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10088","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 18:52:48","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10088"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11377,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10088\/revisions\/11377"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}