Preparation of a new Church Electoral Roll

In accordance with the Church Representation Rules, a new electoral roll is to be prepared in each parish in 2025.  The Church Electoral Roll is your parish church’s register of electors. It is the list of those qualified to attend and to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in the elections for the Parochial Church Council and the parish representatives on the Deanery Synod.  In 2025 and every six years thereafter, the electoral roll is renewed.  In a year of renewal, no names are carried over from the old roll, and everyone must apply for inclusion in the new roll.
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In accordance with the Church Representation Rules we are revising our Church Electoral Rolls in preparation for our forthcoming Annual Parochial Church Meetings.  The Church Electoral Roll is your parish church’s register of electors and is the list of those qualified to attend and to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in the elections for the Parochial Church Council.   Continue reading Revision of Church Electoral Roll 2024 →

In accordance with the Church Representation Rules we are revising our Church Electoral Rolls in preparation for our forthcoming Annual Parochial Church Meetings.  The Church Electoral Roll is your parish church’s register of electors and is the list of those qualified to attend and to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in the elections for the Parochial Church Council.   Continue reading Revision of Church Electoral Roll →

Every parish is legally required to hold an Annual Parish Meeting to elect Churchwardens and an Annual Parochial Church Meeting to conduct other parish business, including to elect members to the Parish Church Council; for those members of the PCC to represent the parish on the Deanery Synod; to review the finances and the workings of the parish over the previous calendar year. The meeting can also raise issues for the PCC to consider during the coming year.

Following guidance from the Diocese of Oxford, and under special COVID-19 provision, our APCMs this year will be held virtually on Zoom on the following dates:

Chadlington – Monday 24 May at 7.30 pm
Enstone – Tuesday 25 May at 7.30 pm
Spelsbury – Wednesday 26 May at 7.30 pm
Ascott – Thursday 27 May at 7.30 pm

We encourage all members of our Electoral Rolls to attend these important meetings in the life of our parishes and Benefice. If you would like to attend the APCM of your church, please complete the simple form here and we will email you log in details on the morning of the meeting.

Below, you will find links to our APCM reports and accounts, together with nomination forms for Churchwardens and PCC members and  minutes of the APCMs held in 2020. If you are unable to do so, please request a copy is sent to you by emailing Beth Sinclair, Benefice Administrator, here

Nomination forms for office holders must be given to the Rector before the commencement of the meetings by email or post to The Vicarage, Church Road, Chadlington, Oxon. OX7 3LY.