THREE by-elections for ward councillors will take place in Ealing this October.

Polls at Hanger Hill, Northolt Mandeville and South Acton will take place on Thursday, October 10.

The outgoing councillors, two Labour and one Conservative, resigned their seats after being elected as MPs in the general election.

People can apply to stand for election until 4pm on September 13, and candidates’ details will be published to the council’s website on 5pm on the same day.

Ealing Liberal Democrats have also announced that Jonathan Oxley will be their candidate for Hanger Hill

Anyone voters who have changed address or are not on the electoral register can register to vote before midnight on September 24.

The resigning councillors are Gregory Stafford (Conservative) in Hanger Hill, who was elected the MP for Farnham and Bordon in July;  Deirdre Costigan (Labour) in Northolt Mandeville, who is now the MP for Ealing-Southall; and Callum Anderson (Labour) in South Acton, who became the MP for Buckingham and Bletchley.