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Waverley Borough Council Haslemere West Ward By-election - Tuesday 7 July 2026

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Councillor to Waverley Borough Council Haslemere West Ward

Notice is hereby given that:

  1. A poll for the election of a Borough Councillor for Haslemere West will be held on Tuesday 7 July 2026, between the hours of 7am and 10pm.
  2. The number of Borough 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 Candidate’s nomination paper are as follows:

Name of Candidate 

Home Address

Description (if any)

Names of Signatories

Proposer(+), Seconder (++)

BYFIELD
Toby

7 Weydown Court, Weydown Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1BT

The Conservative Party Candidate

Graham Betts (+)

Claire Betts (++)

LEACH
Oli

61 Chatsworth Avenue, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1ED Liberal Democrats

Joanne Busby (+)

Roger H Joiner (++)

SHRIVE
Thomas Oliver

9A Longdene Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2PG Green Party candidate

Claire Matthes (+)

Alastair Bayliss (++)

WITT
Barb

(address in Waverley) ReformUK – Changing Politics for Good

Davinia Dodson-Wild (+)

Andrew Dodson (++)

  1. The situation of Polling Stations and the description of persons entitled to vote there are as follows:
Situation of Polling Station Station Number Ranges of electoral register numbers of persons entitled to vote there
Haslewey Community Centre, Lion Green, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1LD 4A HW-1 to HW-1971
Haslewey Community Centre, Lion Green, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1LD 4B HW-1971/1 to HW-3763
  1. Where contested this poll is taken together with the election of a Town Councillor and the election of a County Councillor.

Dated Monday 29 June 2026.

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 Councillor to Waverley Borough Council.

The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Borough Councillor for the Haslemere West Ward of Waverley Borough Council on Tuesday 7 July 2026.

Name of Candidate (surname first)

Home address

Description (if any)

Reason why no longer nominated.*

BYFIELD
Toby

7 Weydown Court, Weydown Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1BT

The Conservative Party Candidate  
LEACH
Oli
 
61 Chatsworth Avenue, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1ED
 
Liberal Democrats
 
 
SHRIVE
Thomas Oliver
9A Longdene Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2PG Green Party candidate
 
 
WITT
Barb
 
(address in Waverley)
 
ReformUK – Changing Politics for Good
 
 

*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.

Dated Wednesday 10 June 2026.

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

Haslemere West Borough Ward
Date of Election Tuesday 7 July 2026

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)

Storey
Christopher

2 Royal Parade, Tilford Road, Hindhead, Surrey, GU26 6TD

Byfield
Tobias Christian

Leston
John

Rowallan Cottage, Farnham Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1HE

Leach
Oliver Thomas

Weightman
Clare

15 Hall Close, Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3PW

Shrive

Thomas Oliver

Witt
Barbara

16 Ballindune, Weydown Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1DP

Witt
Barbara Jean

Dated Wednesday 10 June 2026.
Pedro Wrobel
Returning Officer

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

Notice Of Election

Waverley Borough Council

Election of a Councillor to Waverley Borough Council

for the Borough Ward listed:

 
Borough Ward Number of Borough Councillors to be elected
Haslemere West One
  1. Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer, Council Offices, the Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR, during the times stated below.
  2. 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 after the date of this notice but no later than 4pm on Wednesday, 10 June 2026.
  3. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Tuesday, 7 July 2026.
  4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12am (midnight) on Friday 19 June 2026. Applications can be made online: 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 22 June 2026. Applications can be made online: Postal Vote Application
  6. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector's Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR by 5pm on Monday, 29 June 2026. Applications can be made online: Voter Authority Certificate Application
  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 5pm on Monday 29 June 2026. Some applications can be made online: Proxy Vote Application
  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 7 July 2026.

Dated Tuesday 2 June 2026                                                                           

Pedro Wrobel

Returning Officer

Published by the Returning Officer, Council Offices, The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HR