BVC Electoral Roll

Who can be included on the Electoral Roll?
The Electoral Roll is for lay persons only . Retired clergy are still clergy and therefore not eligible for inclusion.

• Been baptised and
  
  
  
  

• attained their sixteenth birthday on or before the date of the annual parochial church meeting, and
  
  
  
  

• submitted a signed application form for enrolment, and must be one of the following:
  
  
  
  

  • a member of the Church of England, or of a Church in communion with the Church of England, and resident in the parish; or

  • a member of the Church of England and, not being resident in the parish, to have habitually attended public worship in the parish during a period of six months prior to enrolment; or

  • a member in good standing of a Church which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity (not being a Church in communion with the Church of England) and also prepared to declare himself to be a member of the Church of England having habitually attended public worship in the parish during a period of six months prior to enrolment.