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Godalming Town Council - Farncombe and Catteshall By-election Tuesday 25 November

A by-election has now been called to fill the vacancy on Godalming Town Council in the Farncombe and Catteshall Ward. Should the election be contested polling will take place on Tuesday 25 November between the hours of 7am and 10pm.

Event Date
Publish Notice of Election Tuesday 21 October 2025
Deadline for standing as a candidate 4pm Wednesday 29 October 2025
Deadline for withdrawing as a candidate 4pm Wednesday 29 October 2025
Publish candidates standing by 4pm Thursday 30 October 2025
Deadline to register to vote Friday 7 November 2025
Deadline for postal vote applications 5pm Monday 10 November 2025
Publish Notice of Poll Monday 17 November 2025
Deadline to apply for a voter authority certificate (VAC) 5pm Monday 17 November 2025
Deadline to apply for proxy vote applications 5pm Monday 17 November 2025
Deadline to appoint Polling and Counting Agents Tuesday 18 November 2025
First date to issue replacement lost postal ballot papers Wednesday 19 November 2025
Polling day 7am to 10pm Tuesday 25 November 2025
Deadline for applying for emergency proxy vote applications 5pm Tuesday 25 November 2025
Deadline for reissuing replacement postal ballot packs 5pm Tuesday 25 November 2025
Deadline for candidates returning Expenses Tuesday 23 December 2025

 

If you would like to stand as a candidate in this election please print off the Nomination Papers and follow the instructions in the covering letter.

 

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Town Councillor

for the Town Ward listed:

Town Ward Number of Town Councillor to be elected
Godalming - Farncombe and Catteshall 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 Wednesday 22 October until 4pm on Wednesday 29 October 2025.
  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 the election is contested the poll will take place on Tuesday, 25 November 2025.
  4.  Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Friday 7 November 2025. 
  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 5 pm on Monday, 10 November 2025. 
  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, 17 November 2025. 
  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, 17 November 2025. 
  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 25 November 2025.

Dated: Tuesday 21 October 2025

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 Town Councillor

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

Godalming - Farncombe & Catteshall Ward

Name of Candidate

(surname first)

Home Address

Description (if any)

Reason why

no longer

nominated*

FARADAY

David Brian Foster

7 Wood Road,

Farncombe, Godalming,

Surrey, GU7 3NN

Green Party Candidate  

HEMMINGS

John Carter

Flat A, 25 Croft Road,

Godalming, Surrey,

GU7 1DB

The Conservative Party

Candidate

 

MARSHALL

Robert Arthur

62 Aarons Hill,

Godalming, Surrey,

GU7 2LH

Liberal Democrats  

STOLLIDAY

John

4 Valley View,

Godalming, Surrey,

GU7 1RD

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 29 October 2025

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

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Town Councillor for

Godalming - Farncombe & Catteshall Ward

Notice is hereby given that:

1. A poll for the election of a Town Councillor for Godalming - Farncombe & Catteshall Ward will be held on Tuesday 25 November 2025, between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.

2. The number of Town Councillors to be elected is one.

3. The names, home addresses and descriptions of the Candidates remaining validly nominated for election and the names of all persons signing the Candidates nomination paper are as follows:

Name of Candidate

Home Address

Description (if any)

Names of Signatories

Proposers(+)

Names of Signatories

Seconders(++)

FARADAY
David Brian Foster

7 Wood Road, Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3NN Green Party Candidate

Robert Oulton (+)

Shirley Faraday (++)

HEMMINGS
John Carter

Flat A, 25 Croft Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1DB The Conservative Party Candidate

Daniel Husseini (+)

Thomas Moody (++)

MARSHALL
Robert Arthur

62 Aarons Hill, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2LH Liberal Democrats

Ruth Thomson (+)

Penelope Rivers (++)

STOLLIDAY
John

4 Valley View, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1RD Labour Party

Kathleen Ann Bednarczyk (+)

Marek Stanislaw Bednarczyk (++)

4. The situation of Polling Stations and the description of persons entitled to vote are as follows:

Situation of Polling Station

Station Number

Ranges of electoral register numbers of persons entitled to vote thereat

Godalming Town Football Club, Wey Court, 1 Meadrow, GU7 3JE

1 GFCA-1/1 to GFCA-2594

St John the Evangelist Church, St John's Street, Farncombe, GU7 3EJ

2 GFCB-1 to GFCB-1401


Dated Monday 17 November 2025

Pedro Wrobel
Returning Officer

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