Three-way fight for Arun seat in Angmering and Poling

It’s a straight, three-way fight between the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats for a seat vacated following the death in January of Conservative councillor Julie Hazlehurst.

Rustington Parish Council chairman Andy Cooper will be defending the seat for the Conservatives, while another Rustington parish councillor, Jamie Bennett, is the Liberal Democrat candidate and Angmering villager Carly Godwin is campaigning for the Labour party.

The four polling stations in Angmering and one in Poling will be open from 7am to 10pm and the count is expected to start in Angmering Village Hall, Station Road, at about 10.15pm.

We’ll have the result on the Gazette website on Friday morning.

l Tomorrow’s Littlehampton Gazette has a preview of the West Sussex County Council elections on May 2, including details of the candidates standing in the Gazette area and statements by the main political parties.