2026 APCMs and APMs deadline
The deadline for holding 2026 APCMs and APMs is 31 May 2026.
Forms for APCMs
Resources for parishes including forms for Annual Parochial Church Meetings can be found on the Parish Resources website at this link: www.parishresources.org.uk/pccs/apcms
Forms for Returns after Annual Parochial Church Meetings
2026 Electoral Roll form - here
Return deadline: to the Secretary to the Diocesan Synod (elections@leeds.anglican.org) by no later than 01 July each year.
2026-29 Deanery Synod - Lay Representatives casual vacancy election return - 2026-29 Deanery Synod election return form
Return deadline: to the Diocesan Electoral Registration Officer (elections@leeds.anglican.org) and Deanery Synod Secretary by no later than 01 July each year.
2025 Church Representation Rules
New Church Representation Rules came into force on 1st January 2020. These are an important tool for all those involved in parochial, diocesan and national Church governance. A helpful summary of the changes is attached below, or can be found at www.churchofengland.org/more/policy-and-thinking/church-representation-rules/church-representation-rules-online-introduction It presents an entirely new text of the Church Representation Rules, replacing the previous Rules established in 1969 and amended numerous times over the following fifty years. The new Rules aim to simplify local church governance and enable parishes to adapt the rules to best serve ministry and mission in their contexts. In addition, the new Rules are also designed:
- to be compliant with recent data protection legislation
- to provide for electronic communication
- to ensure better representation of mission initiatives in the Church’s structures
- to enable PCCs to do business by correspondence.
An electronic version of the 2025 edition is available at Church Representation Rules online - contents | The Church of England
PCC Training
Resources for PCC training can be found on the Digital Learning Platform here
Church Warden Training events - 2026 tbc
Contact
Heather Burge, Governance & Elections Lead and Diocesan Electoral Registration Officer, can be contacted with queries about APCMs, APMs and parish, deanery and diocesan elections. Please email: elections@leeds.anglican.org