Voters in Tooting will have a choice of five candidates when they return to the polls for the fourth time this year in August.

Ben Johnson stood down from his council seat at the beginning of July, triggering a by-election in the Tooting ward seat.

July 15: Tooting elects - again. Fourth time town is asked to go to the polls this year

July 3: Tooting Labour Councillor Ben Johnson steps down to become adviser to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

The five candidates will be:

  • Eileen Riley Arms - Liberal Democrats
  • Alexander Ali Balkan - Social Democratic Party
  • Thom Norman - Conservative Party
  • Albert Roy Vickery - Green Party
  • Paul White - Labour Party

The by-election will be held on August 18. 

Anyone eligible who wishes to vote in the by-election must make sure their name is on the electoral register before the registration deadline of midnight on Tuesday, August 2.

There is a second deadline of 5pm August 3 for postal votes. 

Tooting voters have already had their say three times this year - in the Mayoral elections, the subsequent by-election for a new MP and the European Union referendum. This will be the fourth time Tooting goes to the polls this year.