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London Holds Nine By-Elections, Replacing Disqualified Greens, Labour

5/23/2026

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Nine by-elections this summer in London will replace disqualified councillors, eight Green and one Labour.
Disqualifications occurred because teachers are barred from council seats and mayors cannot hold council positions simultaneously.
Ealing, Camden and Lambeth estimate the three by-elections will cost about £95,000, bringing the London total to roughly £250,000.
Labour criticised the Green Party’s vetting, noting the vacancies represent a fraction of the Greens’ 297 London seats.

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Nine by-elections this summer in London will replace disqualified councillors, eight Green and one Labour.
Disqualifications occurred because teachers are barred from council seats and mayors cannot hold council positions simultaneously.
Ealing, Camden and Lambeth estimate the three by-elections will cost about £95,000, bringing the London total to roughly £250,000.
Labour criticised the Green Party’s vetting, noting the vacancies represent a fraction of the Greens’ 297 London seats.