A BY-ELECTION is expected to be held shortly in a Calderdale ward following the death of a councillor.
Graham Hall, who represented Hipperholme & Lightcliffe ward, died last month.
Calderdale Council has now published a notice stating that a vacancy has arisen and that an election will be triggered if local government electors request one.
It states: "Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of Part V of the Local Government Act 1972, a casual vacancy has arisen for the office of councillor within the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale.
"An election to fill the vacancy will be held within thirty five days after notice, in writing, has been given to the Returning Officer, Electoral Services, Lower Ground Floor, Northgate House, Halifax, HX1 1UN by two local government electors for the area of the borough."
There is no local council election scheduled for this year, with the next due to take place in May 2018.
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