It’s 2025 and time to renew the Parish Electoral Roll! This is something that happens every six years in every parish right across the Church of England. The Electoral Roll is the register of its voting members and allows you to play a full part in the life of the parish.
As a member, you can attend and vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting – this year on Weds 14 May 8pm at Godalming Minster Church Street. Whether or not you have been on the Roll in the past, if you want to be on the new Church Electoral Roll, you need to apply, or re-apply by 20 April 2025.
If you prefer, paper application forms will be available at all Godalming Minster locations, and from the Electoral Roll Officer, Hilary Reeve. You can also download and print the pdf and pop it in one of the post boxes at a Godalming Minster church location by 20 April 2025.
It 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 where the elections take place for:
Any person entitled to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting may raise any question of parochial or general church interest. By enrolling you become a voting member of the Church of England and so help to ensure that all the Synodical councils of the Church – the PCC, the Deanery Synod, the Diocesan Synod and the General Synod – are fully representative of its members. Synodical government gives an opportunity for partnerships between bishops, clergy and laity in the life of the Church. The system is intended to enable church people at every level to be in touch with the Church as a whole and to play their part in decision making. The system is also intended to ensure that the laity have their place in every aspect of church life, including its doctrine and services.
The information you provide on this form will be kept until the expiry of the Roll (spring 2031) or earlier should you wish to be removed from the Roll. Please notify the Electoral Roll Officer if your details need updating.
