Candidates confirmed for the Queen’s Park and Kemptown by-elections

By-elections will take place to elect new ward councillors for Queen’s Park and Kemptown on Thursday 2 May 2024.

The by-elections will fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Chandni Mistry and Bharti Gajjar.

The candidates for the by-elections have now been confirmed:

Queen’s Park: 

  • Sunny Choudhury – Conservative Party
  • Milla Gauge – Labour Party 
  • Dominique Hall – Liberal Democrats 
  • Adrian Hart – Brighton & Hove Independents
  • Luke Walker – Green Party 

Kemptown: 

  • Robert James Brown – Liberal Democrats
  • Gary Farmer – Brighton & Hove Independents
  • Jamie Gillespie – Independent candidate
  • Théresa Ann Mackey – Labour Party
  • Josephine Victoria O’Carroll - Conservative Party 
  • Ricky Perrin – Green Party 

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

Register to vote 

If you live in Queen’s Park or Kemptown and would like to vote in the upcoming by-elections, you must be registered to vote by midnight on 16 April. 

If you’re not already registered, or if you’ve recently moved to a new address, please visit gov.uk/registertovote.

Register for a postal or proxy vote 

If you can’t get to a polling station on the day, you can also apply for a postal or proxy vote. 

You must apply for a postal vote by 5pm on 17 April at the latest, but we recommended applying earlier so your postal vote can be sent to you sooner. 

You can also ask someone you trust to vote on your behalf – this is known as a proxy vote. You should apply for a proxy vote by 5pm on 24 April or change existing proxy arrangements by 5pm on 17 April.

Don’t forget photo ID

Last year, the government brought in new legislation which requires voters to show photo identification when voting at polling stations.

This means you must bring photo ID to vote in the upcoming by-elections. 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) online. The deadline for us to receive your VAC application for use at the May by-elections is 5pm on Wednesday 24 April. 

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