05/02/2026
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We need candidates, are you or someone you know interested? ·
If you want to serve your community, become a councillor
Why councillors are important
The council manages a significant budget, and runs up to 1000 different local services, such as, education (for all ages), social care, housing and regeneration, emergency services, parks and play grounds, leisure centres, refuse, recycling and street cleaning, planning and building regulation, and so on.
Councillors are the voice of the community. They
represent local people and their concerns, making sure
people’s views are heard and taken into account. They
advocate for users of local services, making sure that people get the right services. They make decisions on major issues affecting their community, such as, setting the council tax. They help shape the community by driving change and new ideas.
What councillors do
Councillors are elected to represent the residents in the ward and their local community. They attend meetings where they represent community views, do strategy, institute policies, and make decisions. They provide leadership within the community, and support local projects, attend events, and encourage collaborations. They help people and local organisations obtain funding for projects and activities. They spend time on council business. Some have extra responsibilities with positons on the abinet, committees, boards or specific projects. The time commitment on average is about 20 hours/week depending on roles. Councillors are paid ‘allowances’ and expenses, which on average comes to about £7,000/year. Councillors are not paid a salary.
Qualifications needed
No special qualifications are required to be a
councillor. Councillors have to be over the age of 18 years, British or Commonwealth citizen, registered to vote in the council area, and have a local address. A candidate must be prepared to campaign for election, from door to door. He/she must be passionate about his/her community and believe that he/she would be good spokesperson for the community as well as represent the views of the people in the community.
He/she must want to pursue his/her political beliefs.
Anyone standing as candidate for a political party must be a member of that party. There is no registration fee, costs incurred during the election is at the personal expense of the candidate or political party.
The Yoruba Party
The Party is testament to the desire to
participate fully in the socio-economic and political life of the UK.
On the matter of participation in government, survey after survey reveal Black Britons to be the least likely to vote. Black Britons have the lowest level of voter registration. The Yoruba Party addressed this issue of political exclusion by registering to participate in local
and national elections in England, Scotland and Wales, intending to increase turnout of Black Britons at elections. The Yoruba Party is there to remind Black Britons that it is their responsibility to participate in government; only by doing so could they bring problems unique to them to the heart of government.