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Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse By-election Tuesday 24 September 2024

A by-election has now been called to fill the vacancy for the borough ward of Godalming Binscombe & Chartehouse. The by-election, if contested, will take place on Tuesday 24 September 2024.

To be a candidate at the above election, the nomination pack containing the nomination paper and consent to nomination, including the extracts from legislation, must be delivered in person by appointment only, to the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1HR, between the hours of 10am and 4pm from Tuesday 20 August until 4pm on Wednesday 28 August 2024. Bank Holidays and weekends are excluded.

A pre-check of the nomination pack can be made via email from Monday 19 August 2024 to ensure there are no errors to correct before formal submission. Please send your nomination pack or sample of nominations to: electoralservices@waverley.gov.uk

For formal submission, please telephone Electoral Services on 01483 523413 to make an appointment.

Event Date
Publication of Notice of Election Monday 19 August 2024
Receipt of Nominations 4:00pm Wednesday 28 August 2024
Withdrawal of Candidate 4:00pm Wednesday 28 August 2024
Appointment of Election Agents 4:00pm Wednesday 28 August 2024
Publication of Notice of Election Agents 4:00pm Wednesday 28 August 2024
Publication of Statements of Persons Nominated 4:00pm Thursday 29 August 2024
Last Date for Registration Friday 6 September 2024
Receipt of Postal Vote Applications 5:00pm Monday 9 September 2024
Last day for Voter Authority Certificates 5:00pm Monday 16 September 2024
Publication of Notice of Poll Monday 16 September 2024
Receipt of Proxy Vote Applications 5:00pm Monday 16 September 2024
Receipt of Voter Authority Certificates 5:00pm Monday 16 September 2024
Appointment of Polling Agents and Counting Agents                             Tuesday 17 September 2024
First Day to Issue Replacement Lost Postal Ballot Papers Wednesday 18 September 2024
Day of Poll 7:00am to 10:00pm Tuesday 24 September 2024
Last Day to Issue Replacement Postal Ballot Papers 5:00pm Tuesday 24 September 2024
Receipt of Emergency Proxy Vote Applications 5:00pm Tuesday 24 September 2024
Return of Election Expenses Tuesday 29 October 2024

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Borough Councillor

for the borough ward listed below

Borough Ward Number of Borough Councillors to be elected

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse

One
  1. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR, between the hours of 10am and 4pm by appointment only, on any working day from Tuesday 20 August until 4pm on Wednesday 28 August 2024.
  2. Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR, during the times stated above
  3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Tuesday 24 September 2024.
  4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Friday 6 September 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
  5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR by 5pm on Monday 9 September 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
  6. 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 Monday 16 September 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
  7. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR by 5 pm on Monday 16 September 2024. Some applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
  8. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR by 5pm on Tuesday 24 September 2024. 

Dated Monday 19 August 2024
Pedro Wrobel
Returning Officer

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Borough Councillor

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse Borough ward
Date of Election Tuesday 24 September 2024

I hereby give notice that the names of election agents of the candidates at this election, and the addresses of the offices or places of such election agents to which all claims, notices, writs, summons, and other documents addressed to them may be sent, have respectively been declared in writing to me as follows:

Name of
Election Agent (Surname First)
Address of Election Agent's Office Name of
Candidate (Surname First)
Thomson
Ruth
97 Kings Road, Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3EU Barratt
James Crosthwaite
Faraday
Shirley Anne
7 Wood Road, Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3NN Faraday
David Brian Foster
Austin
Jane
19 Linersh Wood, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0EE Husseini
Daniel
Davies
George Adam
89 Peperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2PN Knight
Benjamin Christopher


Pedro Wrobel
Returning Officer
Dated Wednesday 28 August 2024

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Borough Councillor

The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Borough Councillor for

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse

Name of Candidate (surname first) Home Address Description (if any) Reason why no longer nominated.*
Barratt
James Crosthwaite
1 Hill Court, Ballfield Road, Godalming, GU7 2HD Liberal Democrats  
Faraday
David Brian Foster
7 Wood Road, Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3NN Green Party candidate  
Husseini
Daniel
40 Elizabeth Court, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3QZ The Conservative Party Candidate  
Knight
Ben
89 Peperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2PN Labour Party  

*Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.

The persons above against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated.

Pedro Wrobel
Returning Officer
Dated Wednesday 28 August 2024

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR