London,
04
January
2009
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23:00
Europe/London
By-election in Stoke Newington Central ward
A BY-ELECTION is set to take place in Hackney, following the resignation of a ward councillor.
Residents in Stoke Newington Central Ward will go to the polls on January 29 to fill the vacancy left by Jamie Carswell, who resigned from the Council in December.
Only Stoke Newington Central residents on the electoral register are eligible to vote in this by-election, and they will be receiving a polling card by the middle of January.
Nominations closed on 2 January, and the candidates are as follows:
Matthew George Hanley - Green Party
Patricia Jane Napier – Conservative Party
Karelia Scott – Liberal Democrats
Nusret Sen – Direct Democracy (Communist) Party
Louisa Maynard Thomson – Labour Party
Residents can vote in person at a polling station between 7am and 10pm on 29 January; by post; and by proxy.
For more information, contact electoral services on: 020 8356 3233/3234, or e-mail: info@hackney.gov.uk
ENDS
Residents in Stoke Newington Central Ward will go to the polls on January 29 to fill the vacancy left by Jamie Carswell, who resigned from the Council in December.
Only Stoke Newington Central residents on the electoral register are eligible to vote in this by-election, and they will be receiving a polling card by the middle of January.
Nominations closed on 2 January, and the candidates are as follows:
Matthew George Hanley - Green Party
Patricia Jane Napier – Conservative Party
Karelia Scott – Liberal Democrats
Nusret Sen – Direct Democracy (Communist) Party
Louisa Maynard Thomson – Labour Party
Residents can vote in person at a polling station between 7am and 10pm on 29 January; by post; and by proxy.
For more information, contact electoral services on: 020 8356 3233/3234, or e-mail: info@hackney.gov.uk
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