8 Candidates In The Coleman Street Councillor By-Election on 4 June 2026; Randall Anderson Is The Best Of A Bad Lot

In the City’s 4 June 2026 Coleman Street common councillor by-election, how do you tell eight unpromising ‘independent’ candidates apart and discover what they stand for? Possibly with difficulty – but we’ve tried to make things a little easier by providing a rundown on all the candidates. The election is due to Sushil Saluja vacating his seat after winning the election – in February this year – to become alder (senior councillor) of the ward. RANDALL ANDERSON Randall Anderson was a councillor for Aldersgate for a number of years before failing to be re-elected last year. For reasons best known to himself, he decided to stand in Bassishaw in March 2025 and failed to be elected. He is a Barbican resident with no obvious connection to Coleman Street, which (like Bassishaw) is very much a business ward. He is a mason (although not, we understand, a high-ranking one), and when he was a councillor he followed the establishment. On the positive side, he is diligent, having mastered his…