Candidates confirmed for the South Portslade by-election

A by-election will take place to elect a ward councillor for South Portslade on Thursday 11 January 2024.

This by-election will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Councillor Les Hamilton.

The candidates for the South Portslade by-election have now been confirmed:

  • Danny John Booth – Green Party 
  • Benjamin James Franks – Conservative Party
  • Jamie Rutherford Gillespie – Independent
  • Josh Guilmant – Labour Party
  • David Timothy Maples – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  • Georgia Arabella McKinley Fitch – Democratic Liberation Party
  • Kenneth Lloyd Rist – Liberal Democrats

For more information, please go to the elections pages on our website.

Register to vote

If you live in South Portslade and would like to vote in the upcoming by-election, you must be registered to vote. If you’re not yet registered, you can do so until midnight on Thursday 21 December 2023 by visiting gov.uk/register-to-vote.

If you won't be able to get to the polling station on the day, you can apply for a postal or proxy vote. You must apply for a postal vote by 5pm on Friday 22 December at the latest. 

You can also ask someone you trust to vote on your behalf. This is known as a proxy vote. You must apply for a proxy vote by 5pm on Wednesday 3 January or change existing proxy arrangements by 5pm on Friday 22 December. 

Voter ID

The government brought in new legislation which requires voters to show photo identification when voting at polling stations in elections from May 2023.

This means that you must bring photo ID with you to vote in the upcoming by-election. 

For more information, and to see which forms of photo ID are accepted, please visit our voter ID webpage.

If you don’t have a valid form of photo ID, you can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate (VAC). The deadline for us to receive your VAC application for use at the South Portslade by-election is 5pm on Wednesday 3 January. We encourage voters to apply sooner in case we need to check any details with you.

Apply for a Voter Authority Certificate online or email electors@brighton-hove.gov.uk to be sent a paper application form.