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Hard on the heels of the General Election, the Church of England is looking for fresh faces for its own 'parliament', the 2005-2010 General Synod. A new Synod is elected every five years and elections for this November’s assembly take place between July and September. Members could find themselves debating the ordination of women as bishops, or the approval of new forms of liturgy, fees for church weddings, the environment, trade justice and higher education.

Elections, using a proportional representation system, take place diocese by diocese. Lay candidates must be 18 or over, be communicant members of the Church of England and be on the electoral roll of a parish in the diocese or the community roll of the cathedral. Clergy candidates must be ordained priest or deacon, be beneficed or licensed or have permission to officiate in the diocese.

General Synod meets two or three times a year in London or York. Candidates need to be nominated and seconded by qualified electors.

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