FORMULA FOR DEANERY SYNOD ELECTIONS

“This Synod -

agrees to use the following formula for the election of lay representatives from parishes to deanery synods for the elections due in 2008:-

 

No. of names certified on              No. of representatives

the parish electoral roll

Less than 35                                                      1

         35 and not more than 99                                    2

100 and not more than 199                                3

200 and not more than 299                                4

300 and not more than 449                                5

450 and not more than 599                                6

600 and over                                                      7 ”

 

Note: This formula was last revised in 2001 and agreed by the October 2001 meeting of Synod for the elections held in 2002 and by the October 2004 meeting of Synod for the elections held in 2005.

 

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