{"id":808132,"date":"2026-03-06T15:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/808132\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:17:16","slug":"vacancy-opens-on-horsforth-town-councils-hall-park-ward-as-councillor-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/808132\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacancy opens on Horsforth Town Council\u2019s Hall Park Ward as councillor resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>By Harry Ward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents in Horsforth\u2019s Hall Park ward could be heading to the polls after a vacancy opened on Horsforth Town Council.<\/p>\n<p>The seat became vacant following the resignation of Councillor Becky Heaviside.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-at-14.03.41.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199399\"  \/>Resigned: Becky Heaviside.<\/p>\n<p>Local electors now have the option of triggering a by-election to choose a replacement. If at least ten registered voters in the ward submit a written request for a poll, a by-election will be organised.<\/p>\n<p>If fewer than ten requests are received, the vacancy will instead be filled by co-option, with the town council appointing a new councillor.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for a by-election must be sent in writing to the Returning Officer at Leeds City Council, Electoral Services, Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 1UR.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for requests is midnight on Monday, 23 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Hall Park is one of the wards represented on Horsforth Town Council, which deals with a range of local issues including community facilities, events and neighbourhood matters.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-13.23.42.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191083\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.specsavers.co.uk\/stores\/kirkstall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.specsavers.co.uk\/stores\/kirkstall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Harry Ward Residents in Horsforth\u2019s Hall Park ward could be heading to the polls after a vacancy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[233624,748,208169,393,4884,233625,222945,209390,212615,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-808132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-becky-heaviside","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-community-reporters","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-hall-park-ward","14":"tag-harry-ward","15":"tag-horsforth","16":"tag-horsforth-town-council","17":"tag-leeds","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116182898833566296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}