Six people to fight Brighton by-election
Six candidates will contest the East Brighton by-election for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council.
None of the candidates lives in the ward, which includes Whitehawk, although two of them grew up there.
The candidates are
- Sabiha Choudhury, of Blenheim Place, Brighton, who is standing for UKIP
- Carlie Goldsmith, 35, of North Place, Brighton, who is standing for the Greens
- Joe Miller, 18, of Lewes Road, Brighton, who is standing for the Conservatives
- Jon Redford, of Wolverstone Drive, Hollingdean, who is standing for Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
- Dominic Sokalski, 20, of Coombe Terrace, Brighton, who is standing for the Liberal Democrats
- Chaun Wilson, of Downland Road, Woodingdean, who is standing for Labour
The by-election is due to take place on Thursday 18 October to replace Labour councillor Craig Turton.
His seat became vacant when he stood down for health reasons.
Nominations for the by-election closed at noon today (Friday 21 September).
The council said that there would be a special publication of an election register for East Brighton ward for use in the by-election.
It said that this was because the by-election was called before the scheduled publication of the new annual register for the city on Tuesday 16 October.
The register for the by-election will include all the names added or amendments made on voter registration forms received by the electoral registration officer by Wednesday 3 October.
But, under the special provisions for the by-election, names deleted from the electoral register during the annual canvass process will not be removed from the register for the by-election.
Anyone who is not registered to vote has until Wednesday week (3 October) which is also the deadline to apply for a postal or proxy vote.
