The man chosen by Plaid Cymru as its candidate for Clwyd East claims Denbighshire County Council has ignored his attempts to obtain the necessary paperwork for him to stand in the general election on July 4.
Paul Penlington, a former Denbighshire county councillor,
said: “I am intending to stand for Parliament but my attempts to get
the necessary paperwork from Denbighshire have largely been ignored.
“I have been attempting to get the
paperwork for a week now, my intention being to complete it well ahead of the
submission deadline in order to avoid any errors.
“I have emailed twice, I have rung every
day this week, but only had an answer once, and then was told they had been
told not to put people through to electoral services.
“The monitoring officer with overall
responsibility for this election it turns out was also away and doesn’t seem to
have left anyone to respond to electoral queries.
“Eventually, out of increasing
frustration, I rang the CEO directly and spoke to someone in his office, yet
again I was told I couldn’t be put through and that someone would get back to
me. I am
now a week behind other candidates and still do not have the required
paperwork.
“I will have a very limited window to
get the signatures I need and complete the paperwork with time to spare in case
of errors.”
A spokesperson for Denbighshire County Council said: “All Clwyd East candidates should contact
Flintshire County Council for the relevant paperwork for the upcoming election.
“However, we have posted
out papers to the candidate first class and will be in contact with him to
advise him of the situation.
“The deadline for submission is Friday June 7 by 4pm.”
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