"Your countersignatory should:
•have known you for at least two years
•live in the UK
Your countersignatory should not:
•be related to you by birth or marriage
•be in a personal relationship with you
•live at the same address as you
Your countersignatory should be a professional person or a person of good standing in the community. The list that follows gives examples of the type of person that would be suitable. If you are not sure who to ask you can call the IPS Passport Adviceline on 0300 222 0000".
There is a list here...
http://www.direct.gov...information/DG_174151
It includes a councillor (local or county).
Make sure he ticks all the boxes though. I've been asked to do some as a solicitor and they can check up on your countersignatory.