Voters going to the polls on 4 July in two Newham council wards will have another ballot paper to complete – for local by-elections.
Councillors Sasha Das Gupta (Forest Gate North) and Ken Penton (Maryland) have resigned and the contests to replace them are being held on the same day as the general election. A further by-election in Beckton will be held two weeks later – the deadline for nominations in that contest is Friday 21 June.
The candidates are:
Forest Gate North
- Zakaria Bhariwala, Newham Independents
- Jamie Bryant, Liberal Democrats
- Liz Cronin, Labour Party
- Zahra Kheyre, Green Party
- Malcolm Madden, Local Conservatives
Maryland
- Mary Antwi, Local Conservatives
- Chris Brooks, Green Party
- Linda Jordan, Newham Independents
- Melanie Onovo, Labour Party
- David Terrar, Liberal Democrats
Labour is defending the seats and will expect the higher turnout from the general election to boost their chances of holding them.
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