PART of Kenton will go to the polls today to elect a new member of Brent Council.

A by-election was called in the ward after long-serving ward councillor Arthur Steel passed away on New Year's Day after a battle with cancer.

Robert Peter Dunwell, a former Queensbury councillor, will stand as an independent, while Chunilal Kalyanji Hirani will stand for the Lib Dems.

Suresh Kansagra will represent the Tories and Alan Mathison has been selected by the Green Party.

Eleanor May Southwood has been picked by Labour.

Polling stations are at:

  • Lindsay Park Baptist Church Hall, The Mall, Kenton HA3 9TG
  • Claremont High School, The Greenway, Kenton HA3 0UH
  • Uxendon Manor Primary School, (Dining Hall), Vista Way, Kenton HA3 0UX
  • St John's United Reformed Church Hall, Woodcock Hill, Kenton HA3 0JH
  • Mount Stewart Junior School, Mount Stewart Avenue, Kenton HA3 0JX