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Ockendon Ward by-election results

1 May 2025

The Ockendon Ward by-election results have been declared and Alan Benson (Reform UK) and Russell Cherry (Reform UK) have been elected as councillors.

Votes were as follows:

Alan Benson (Reform UK) - 1,214

Russell Cherry (Reform UK) - 1,138

Sue Johnson (Conservative Party) - 533

Shalini Bhatt (Labour Party) - 478

Graham Snell (Conservative Party) - 439

Haruna Hamza (Labour Party) - 438

Ri Goodyear (Green Party) - 93

Daniel Fallows (Green Party) - 86

Brad Hayman (Liberal Democrats) - 74

Kameel Mohammed (Independent) - 47

2,368 ballots were cast, which is a turnout of 27.98 per cent