ELECTIONS: Candidates at a glance for SSDC election

THE battle lines have been drawn for next month's South Somerset District Council elections with nominations having closed.

The council has announced those candidates who will be standing in the election on Thursday, May 7, 2015, which will be held the same day as the General Election.

There will be 60 seats on the council up for grabs in 39 different wards and it looks as if it will be a fascinating struggle for power.

The Liberal Democrats currently hold a slender two-seat majority on the council and will come under fierce pressure to retain that stranglehold.

The ruling LibDems hold 31 seats at present with the Conservatives on 25 and four independents.

A number of serving councillors are stepping down at the election: Ros Roderigo (Blackdown); John Richardson (Brympton); Kim Turner (Ilminster); Roy Mills (Langport and Huish); John Calvert (Northstone); Paul Thompson (South Petherton); Pauline Clarke (Wessex); John Chainey (Yeovil Central); Tony Fife (Yeovil East); Marcus Fysh (Yeovil South); Dave Greene (Yeovil South); Ian Martin (Yeovil West); and Jon Gleeson (Yeovil Without).

Good luck to all candidates.

THE full list of candidates standing in the election for South Somerset District Council on Thursday, May 7, 2015.

Key: Con – Conservative; Green – Green; Ind – Independent; Lab – Labour; LibDems – Liberal Democrats; UKIP – UK Independence Party.

Blackdown Ward (1 seat): Neil Arnold (UKIP); Nigel John Petrie Mermagen (LibDems); Martin Wale (Con).

Blackmoor Vale Ward (2 seats): Jack Dyke-Bracher (LibDems); Tim Inglefield (Con); Joanna Susan Penberthy (Lab); Sue Place (LibDems); William Wallace (Con).

Bruton Ward (1 seat): Abi Baker (LibDems); Anna Mary Groskop (Con); Matthew Hooberman (Lab); Ewan Jones (Green).

Brympton Ward (2 seats): Emma Louise Dunn (LibDems); Glen James Graham (Lab); Sarah Helena Lindsay (Con); Peter Jeremy Seib (LibDems); Josh Williams (Con).

Burrow Hill Ward (1 seat): Sam Foulder-Hughes (Lab); Pippa Mestraud (LibDems); Derek Yeomans (Con).

Camelot Ward (1 seat): Penny Ashton (LibDems); Christopher Hill (UKIP); Mike Lewis (Con); Ann Margaret Reeder (Lab).

Cary Ward (2 seats): Richard John Arnold (LibDems); Henry Hobhouse (LibDems); Barry Moorhouse (Con); Megan Sarah Rose Sommerville (Lab); Richard Tabor (Green); Nick Weeks (Con).

Chard Avishayes Ward (1 seat): Peter Amey (Con); Graham Forsyth (Lab); Cath Morrison (Ind); Garry Frederick Shortland (LibDems).

Chard Combe Ward (1 seat): Amanda Jane Broom (Con); Jon Lewes (Green); Steve Warwick (LibDems).

Chard Crimchard Ward (1 seat): Paul Bradly (Con); Jenny Kenton (LibDems).

Chard Holyrood Ward (1 seat): Jason Paul Baker (LibDems); Brennie Halse (Con).

Chard Jocelyn Ward (1 seat): Dave Bulmer (Ind); Irene Glynn (Con); Melanie Ann Cherry Hudson (LibDems).

Coker Ward (2 seats): Cathy Bakewell (LibDems); Mick Clark (LibDems); Rod Jones (Con); Gina Seaton (Con).

Crewkerne Ward (3 seats): Martin John Bailey (Lab); Marcus Morton Barrett (Con); Mike Best
(LibDems); Nathan Harmer-Taylor (Green); Ben Keiron Hartshorn (Green); Adam Keen (Con); Katy Limmer (Green); Robin Christopher Pailthorpe (LibDems); Andrew John Newman Simkins (Con); Angie Singleton (LibDems).

Curry Rivel Ward (1 seat): Alan John Martin (Lab); Terry Mounter (Independent); Tiffany Ann Martha Osborne (Con).

Eggwood Ward (1 seat): Jonathan Edward Edgington (Con); Paul Michael Maxwell (LibDems).

Hamdon Ward (1 seat): Christopher Edward Price (Con); Sylvia Seal (LibDems).

Ilminster Ward (2 seats): Sean Clarke (Con); Carol Ann Goodall (LibDems); Val Keitch (LibDems); Don Kinder (UKIP); Henry Peter Lansdown (Green); Paul John Sellers (Lab); Stuart Richard Shepherd (Con).

Islemoor Ward (1 seat): Geoff McHugh (Lab); Oliver Pearce (LibDems); Sue Steele (Con).

Ivelchester Ward (1 seat): Tony Capozzoli (Independent); Richard Foley Dale (Con); Theo Whitaker (LibDems).

Langport and Huish Ward (1 seat): Clare Aparicio Paul (Con); Sean Adam Dromgoole (Lab); Julia Mary Frances Gadd (LibDems); Cara Ann Naden (Green).

Martock Ward (2 seats): Neil Brian Bloomfield (Con); Chris Bragg (Lab); Ben Ingram (LibDems); Graham Harold Middleton (Con); Patrick John Palmer (LibDems).

Milborne Port Ward (1 seat): Sarah Joanne Dyke-Bracher (LibDems); David Harry Lowe (Lab); Lucy Wallce (Con).

Neroche Ward (1 seat): Jo Dawson (LibDems); Clive Mark Rust (UKIP); Linda Patricia Vijeh (Con).

Northstone Ward (1 seat): Grahame Sydney Baker (LibDems); David John Norris (Con); Keith Laurence O’Boyle (Lab).

Parrett Ward (1 seat): Mark Alexander Keating (Con); Ric Pallister (LibDems).

South Petherton Ward (2 seats): Adam James Dance (LibDems); Crispin Kenneth Raikes (LibDems); Barry Walker (Con).

St Michael’s Ward (1 seat): Alexander Priest (Con); Jo Roundell Greene (LibDems).

Tatworth and Forton Ward (1 seat): Robin Munday (LibDems); Andrew Turpin (Independent); Russ Wardell (Con).

Tower Ward (1 seat): Mike Beech (Con); Adrian Carter (Lab); Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding (Green); Dave Nye (LibDems).

Turn Hill Ward (1 seat): Pamela Diane Jukes (LibDems); Shane Pledger (Con); Alan Peter Rose (Lab).

Wessex Ward (2 seats): Frankie Ashton (Lab); Stephen Richard John Page (LibDems); Dean Ruddle (Con).

Wincanton Ward (2 seats): Tim Carroll (LibDems); Nick Colbert (Con); Tim Daniel (Lab); Sarah Elizabeth Denton (LibDems); John Frederick Holman (Green); Mark Anthony Vallance (UKIP); Colin Winder (Con).

Windwhistle Ward (1 seat): John Dyke (LibDems); George Bernard Munro Elliott (UKIP); Sue Osborne (Con).

Yeovil Central Ward (3 seats): David John Byrne (Con); Linda Jane Gage (Con); Peter Arnold Gubbins (LibDems); Kaysar Mahmud Hussain (LibDems); Andy Kendall (LibDems); Mark Gordon Lambden (Lab); Terry Lavin (Lab); Bridget Mary Philomena Spender (Con).

Yeovil East Ward (3 seats): Bill Byrd (Lab); Godfrey Davey (UKIP); Tony Lock (LibDems); Ann Needle (Con); David Charles Recardo (LibDems); Nick Rousell (Con); Murray William Shepstone (Lab); Sharon Anne Stafford (Lab); Rob Stickland (LibDems); Morley Keith Waddleton (Con).

Yeovil South Ward (3 seats): Nagaraja Akkisetty (LibDems); Martin Ronald Bailey (Lab); Kris Castle (LibDems); Joe Conway (Lab); Gordon Dugald Thomson Czapiewski (LibDems); John Charles Marshall Field (Con); Nigel James Gage (Con); Terry Ledlie (Lab); Sam McAllister (Con).

Yeovil West Ward (3 seats): Mick Beales (Con); John Ernie Clark (LibDems); Dan Marks (Lab); Wes Read (LibDems); Colin John Rose (Lab); Alan Barry Smith (LibDems); Ash Strelling (Con); David Keith Tolley (Con); Tony Turner (UKIP).

Yeovil Without Ward (3 seats): Teresa Anne Bond (Con); Gye Charles Bower Dibben (Con); Mike Lock (LibDems); Pauline Annette Lock (LibDems); Graham John Oakes (LibDems); Sue Pitman (Lab); Teresa Sienkiewicz (Con); Gary Young (Green).

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