Frances Umeh Wins Wormholt and White City By-election

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Labour party retain ward with a majority of over a thousand

Wormholt and White City's new councillor - Frances Umeh. Picture: Twitter

A Labour candidate has been elected as a representative for Wormholt & White City on Hammersmith & Fulham Council.

Frances Umeh won the by-election with 1,462 votes which was over 70% of those cast to give a majority of 1,031. The results were announced on 23 September.

Cllr Umeh tweeted: “We did it! A fantastic team effort. I am honoured and humbled to be elected to serve and represent the Wormholt and White City community.

“Thank you everyone for the support.”

According to her Twitter profile, she is also a Hammersmith and Fulham school governor.

2021 Wormholt and White City ward by-election result
Candidate	Party	Number of votes
Constance Mary Campbell	Conservative Party Candidate	431
Michael Illingworth	Liberal Democrats	86
Naranee Ruthra-Rajan	Green Party	110
Frances Umeh	Labour Party	1,462

The total number of people eligible to vote was 9,266 and the turnout was a low 22.62 per cent.

Conservative candidate Constance Campbell tweeted, “Feeling proud this morning.

“We increased Conservatives vote in Wormholt & White City by 50% from 2018. It was all worth it.”

The election was held following the passing of the authority’s longest-serving councillor Colin Aherne in July.

Seven ballot papers were rejected – three people voted for more than one candidate and four papers were unmarked or void for uncertainty.

Jacob Phillips - Local Democracy Reporter

September 27, 2021