Honiton Town Council is encouraging residents to apply for a chance to be voted onto the council at next month's meeting.

A co-option process, whereby only councillors have the opportunity to vote in new members, is due to be held on April 19 over Zoom.

It comes after all other recent vacancies have been prevented from going to co-option, and are awaiting a public vote instead.

This is because a required number of written requests from members of the Honiton electorate were sent to the Monitoring Officer at East Devon District Council.

Read more here — although the number now stands at nine vacancies.

A statement released today read: "Honiton Town Council invites applications from members of the community who wish to be considered for co-option.

"The deadline to request an election has now passed, so a new councillor is planned to be co-opted for the seat in St Michael's ward."

If you or someone you know is interested in filling this vacancy please contact the town: clerk [email protected]

Honiton Town Council has a co-option policy which can be accessed on here.

Applications must be returned to the Town Clerk by 12 noon, 31 March 2021.