Julie Snelling will be South Gloucestershire Labour’s candidate for the Kingswood ward by-election on July 4th 2024 – the same day as the general election.

Julie used to work for the former longstanding Labour MP in Kingswood, Roger Berry, and is also a parish councillor.

A by-election is taking place as Leigh Ingham, former Cabinet Member for Communities and Local Place at South Gloucestershire Council, steps down from being a Kingswood councillor to fight the Stafford constituency seat for Labour in the upcoming general election.

This means residents in Kingswood will have two choices to make when they head to polling stations on July 4: one for Bristol North East constituency at central government (Westminster) level, and one for Kingswood ward at local government (South Gloucestershire) level.

Group Leader Ian Boulton said: “We’re missing Leigh here in South Glos however we’re really proud that she is campaigning as Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Stafford and send her our very best wishes for July 4th.

“We’re delighted that Julie Snelling has agreed to be our Labour candidate in this Kingswood by-election.

“Many Kingswood residents may recognise Julie’s name from her time working in Roger Berry’s office when he was our Labour MP, so Julie will bring many years of experience of working for residents and managing the range of casework we deal with as councillors”