Candidates named ahead of Lancaster ward by-election

Izzy Metcalf-Reiner resigned as a Castle Ward city councillor for the Green Party earlier this month, leading Lancaster City Council to issue a notice for the election of a replacement councillor.

The candidates are:

EVANS, William David (Labour)

FARLEY, Will (Green Party)

MARTIN, Malcolm Allan (Lib Dem)

WRIGHT, Marco (Reform UK)

The poll will take place on Thursday May 21.

Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on May 5 and can be made online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes, and amendments or cancellations of existing proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Lancaster City Council by 5pm on May 6. Postal vote applications can be made at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

Those applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on May 13. Voter Authority Certificate applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Lancaster City Council by 5pm on May 13.

Some applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote

Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Lancaster City Council by 5pm on May 21.