FOUR candidates have been nominated to contest a vacant district council seat for the Great and Little Oakley Ward.
The Tendring Council seat is vacant following the resignation of councillor Tom Howard, who was also cabinet member for finance, last month.
A poll will be held on Thursday, February 9, between 7am and 10pm.
The polling station for Great Oakley will be the village hall in Harwich Road and for Little Oakley it will be the Memorial Club, also in Harwich Road.
The candidates are: Matthew Charles Bensilum (Lib Dem), Mike Bush (Ukip), Andy Erskine (Con), Robert James Shephard (Lab).
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