Four candidates vying for votes in Ketley by election named

Labour, the Greens, and Independent and a Lib Dem are standing in the Beveley ward by election

Four candidates have put their names forward to do electoral battle to claim a vacant councillor seat on a parish council in Telford.

When voters go to the polls for the by election on Thursday, September 3, 2026 they will have a choice of Labour, the Green party, an independent and the Lib Dems.

Elections for those new councils – to be shadow authorities until vesting day on April 1, 2028 – will take place in May next year.placeholder image
Elections for those new councils – to be shadow authorities until vesting day on April 1, 2028 – will take place in May next year.

The candidates for the Beveley ward seat on Ketley Parish Council are:

  • Mark Boylan, address in Telford & Wrekin, Labour Party.
  • Benedict Johnson, address in Telford & Wrekin, Green Party.
  • Anna Rothwell, of Princess Square, Ketley, Independent.
  • Kerry Louise Weston, address in Telford & Wrekin, Liberal Democrats.

The by election was called following the death of much loved parish councillor Maggie Evans in May

Only people on the electoral register in the Beveley ward will be able to vote.

Applications to register to vote can be made online.

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