This year, all Borough and Town/Parish elections are taking place, meaning that every current
councillor will retire and must reapply if they wish to stand again. There are 44 Borough seats and 122 Parish seats to be filled across the Borough. In 2022, there were 103 nominations for the Borough seats and 120 for the Parish seats. Of the 22 parish wards, only 5 were contested in 2022.
Audley Parish Council – Parish Wards (see below link to map of wards)
– Audley (Audley): 4 seats
– Audley (Bignall End): 6 seats
– Audley (Halmerend): 5 seats
Following the nominations deadline of 9th April 2026, the outcome was that the 3 Parish wards were uncontested – which means there were only enough candidates to fill the above seats and as a result did not require a contested vote on 7th May 2026. All candidates have been elected accordingly following due process. The results are below:
Audley Parish Council -_Halmer End ward_- uncontested election results (PDF)
Audley Parish Council – Bignall_End ward – uncontested election (PDF)
Audley Parish Council – Audley ward – uncontested election (PDF)
There is one vacancy for Halmer End which will be co-opted in May. Applications will be invited in due course.
Details of all the town and parish council elections can be found here.