Names of all candidates standing in upcoming Sheffield by-election revealed

All the candidates standing for an upcoming by-election have been revealer.

Residents in Southey will be heading to the polls on August 27 as a by-election in the ward is set to take place.

It comes after independent councillor Gareth Slater - who was originally elected for the Labour Party - resigned from his position on July 2.

All five major British parties have put forward candidates for the election, which comes only a few months after most of the city’s wards held votes in May.

At that time, Reform UK’s Yvonne Sykes won a seat in Southey.

The five candidates for the August election are:

Labour - Jayne Dunn

The Conservative Party - Daniel Gage

Liberal Democrats - Oliver Edward George

Reform UK - Paul Jakeman

Green Party - Daniel John Moy

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