Electoral Roll
What is the Church Electoral Roll?
Officially, it is the parish's register of electors (nothing to do with the secular electoral roll which allows you to vote in the local election!). It is the list of those qualified to attend and to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) where the elections take place for the Parochial Church Council (the PCC) and for the parish's representatives on the Deanery Synod. Any person entitled to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting may raise any question of parochial or general church interest.
The Electoral Roll is often seen as our 'membership list', the people we can count upon as committed and supportive members of one or more of the Anglican Churches within the Parish - St Michael's Highworth, St James' Sevenhampton and St John's Inglesham. Hannington and Blunsdon are separate parishes within the Benefice and have separate Electoral Rolls.
Revision of the Church Electoral Roll
The list is revised each year in time for the church Annual Meeting, which this year will be held on Monday 30 April 2011. The Roll can be added to at any time through the year but the official time is leading up to the APCM. The Roll is closed to additions during the revision time which is about three weeks prior to the APCM.
If you have joined the church in regular worship, or you have just turned 16, you should think about joining the Electoral Roll. Membership in the Church of Christ involves a personal commitment, as best we can, in all aspects of the life of the parish - this includes Worship & Prayer, Serving & Giving, Witness & Welcome.
If you would like to join the Electoral Roll, please use a form available in St Michael's Church or download this one (click here). You must be baptised, be resident in the parish or a regular worshipper at a church in the parish, and be over the age of 16 to have your name on the Electoral Roll.
If you want to make a change to the Electoral Roll (eg name or address change, or removal from the Roll) there is a separate form in Church or download this one (click here).
Please send completed forms to the Electoral Roll Officer, Lesley Uzzell, c/o St Michael's Church Office, Vicarage Lane, Highworth SN6 7AD.