Candidates Declared for Fulham Town By-election
Five to contest seat formerly held by Andrew Dinsmore
Voters need to act quickly to ensure they are registered
June 9, 2025
A by-election to elect a new councillor for Fulham Town ward is to be held on Thursday 3 July.
It has come about following the resignation of Andrew Dinsmore, the former deputy leader of the Conservative group, who decided to move away from the area for family reasons.
Four candidates have declared including Liam Downer Sanderson who will try to defend the seat for the Conservatives, Sam Kelly who will represent Labour, Roy Pounsford from the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party's Aidan Chisholm and Chris Clowes for Reform.
Local political observers appear to agree that the Conservatives remain the favourites to take the seat but that one of three parties could emerge the winners with both Labour and the Lib Dems seeing it as a target. The Tory candidate will see his vote split with Reform unlike at the last local elections which may mean another party could snatch the seat even if they don’t see an increase in support. However, at the other end of the political spectrum, the entrance of a Green candidate will also mean more choices for voters. Despite the strong recent showing from Reform nationally recently, it would be a major shock for it to take this seat.
Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler remains a Conservative councillor for the ward.
2022 Fulham Town ward result |
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|---|---|---|
Candidate |
Party |
Number of votes |
BROCKLEBANK-FOWLER Victoria |
Conservative Party Candidate |
817 |
DINSMORE Andrew |
Conservative Party Candidate |
759 |
FENNIMORE Sue |
Labour Party |
497 |
HANCOCK Alison |
Liberal Democrats |
502 |
POUNSFORD Roy Kenneth |
Liberal Democrats |
411 |
THORPE Juliet |
Labour Party |
450 |
The deadline for us to receive applications to register to vote in the 3 July by-election is midnight on Tuesday 17 June.
Register to vote online at GOV.UK.
You will need to show an accepted form of photo ID to vote in a polling station.
Check the list of accepted forms of photo ID (Electoral Commission website).
If you don't have an accepted form of photo ID you can apply for a free voter ID document, known as a Voter Authority Certificate.
The deadline for the council to receive Voter Authority Certificate applications to vote in the 3 July by-election is 5pm on Wednesday 25 June.
Apply for a Voter Registration Certificate online at GOV.UK.
The deadline for the council to receive applications to vote by post in the 3 July by-election is 5pm on Wednesday 18 June. This is the same deadline for changes to any existing postal and proxy votes.
Apply for a postal vote online at GOV.UK.
The deadline for the council to receive applications to vote by proxy in the 3 July by-election (for those who don't have an existing proxy or postal vote) is 5pm on Wednesday 25 June.
Apply for a proxy vote online at GOV.UK.
Contact Electoral Services if you require an ongoing proxy due to disability, employment or education as you cannot apply online for these proxy votes.
Polling stations will open at 7am and close at 10pm on polling day.
Use your postcode to find your polling station.
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