Parish meeting

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A parish meeting, in England, or a community meeting, in Wales, is a meeting to which all the electors in a civil parish or a Welsh community are entitled to attend^[1]. In some cases, where a parish or group of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of the parish council itself, with statutory powers, and electing a chairman and clerk to act on the meeting's behalf.

In England, the annual parish meeting of a parish with a parish council must take place between 1 March and 1 June, both dates inclusive, and must take place no earlier than 6pm. In Wales, no annual meeting need take place at all^[1].

A comparison of the powers of Parish Council and Parish Meeting is summarised at: Parish Meeting Powers 'Village Governance - Parish Meetings & Parish Councils' This is intended to explain the role of a Parish Meeting in the local government hierarchy as well as the differences with the more common Parish Council

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^ ^a ^b Clayden, Paul (January 2007). The Parish Councillor's Guide 19th edition. Published by: Shaw & Sons: Crayford, Kent. p. 156 et seq. ISBN 978 0 7219 0517 4.