ELECTIONS: The battle for SSDC could be won and lost in Yeovil

THERE are 60 seats to be won on South Somerset District Council at next month's election - but more than 25 per cent of them are available in the Yeovil area.

It means that overall power for the council, which already hangs narrowly close, could be won and lost on the outcome of what happens in Yeovil when people go to the polls on Thursday, May 7, 2015.

There are 12 seats available in wards marked out within the Yeovil Town Council boundaries, while there are three in Yeovil Without ward and two in the Brympton area on the outskirts of town including Houndstone and Abbey Manor.

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.

The LibDems are seeing a number of serving councillors in Yeovil stepping down at the election – John Chainey, Tony Fife, Dave Greene and Ian Martin.

Marcus Fysh, who has been representing the Yeovil South Ward, is also not seeking re-election to the district council with his sights set on becoming Yeovil’s MP in the General Election for the Conservatives.

Jon Gleeson is not standing in Yeovil Without for the LibDems, while in Brympton the LibDems are without John Richardson.

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