Erdington by-election: Voters to go to the polls tomorrow

The by-election was called following the death of Jack Dromey.

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Author: Alex MeakinPublished 1st Mar 2022

Voters in Erdington will go to the polls on Thursday to vote for who will represent them in parliament. The by-election was trigged by the sudden death of Labour's Jack Dromey who had represented the constituency since 2010.

Listen here to our news special where we interview some of the candidates:

Birmingham City Council's cabinet member for Health and Social Care Paulette Hamilton is the candidate for Labour.

Conservative candidate Robert Alden will be hoping it's fourth time lucky for him having represented the same party in General Elections in 2015, 2017 and 2019 finishing second behind Jack Dromey each time.

Reform UK will be represented by Jack Brookes, while independents include Clifton Holmes, Michael Lutwyche, Thomas O'Rourke.

The Green Party will be hoping for a better result in the constituency then they got in 2019 when they picked up less than 2% of the vote - Siobhan Harper-Nunes is their candidate.

Lee Dargue will be standing for the Liberal Democrats with the party hoping to claim their third by-election win of 2022.

David Bishop will be standing for the Militant Bus-Pass Elvis Party, Mel Mbondiah will stand for the Christian Peoples Alliance, Dave Nellist is the candidate for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition while Sir Nos Da the Good Knight is the candidate for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

Michael Lutwyche, Thomas O'Rourke and Clifton Holmes are standing as Independents.