The runners and riders for this year’s local elections have been released.
The contest across Lichfield and Burntwood is likely to be more keenly contested than ever before as the number of councillors has been reduced by nine.
This means that Lichfield District Council will see two fewer in Lichfield, three less in Burntwood and four across rural areas.
Those standing for election are:
Alrewas and Fradley:
- Derick Cross – Independent
- Peter Jones – Labour
- Paula Knight – Labour
- Miles Moseley – Labour
- Ben Rayner – Conservative
- Margaret Stanhope – Conservative
- Michael Wilcox – Conservative
Armitage with Handsacre:
- Jack Andrea – Independent
- Richard Cox – Conservative
- Steve Hyden – Labour
- Tom Marshall – Conservative
- Derek Mellor – Labour
- Elaine Moore – Labour
- Martyn Tittley – Conservative
Boley Park:
- Janet Eagland – Conservative
- Karen Maunder – UKIP
- Mark Warfield – Conservative
- Tony Wilkins – Labour
Boney Hay & Central:
- Richard Bamborough – Conservative
- Paul Banevicius – Labour
- Di Evans – Labour
- David Mosson – Conservative
- Natasha Pullen – Conservative
- John Walker – Labour
Bourne Vale:
- Brian Yeates – Conservative
Chadsmead:
- Marion Bland – Lib Dem
- Muriel Boyle – Conservative
- Martin Dewes – UKIP
- Terence Organer – UKIP
- Paul Ray – Lib Dem
- Mark Taylor – Labour
- Sonia Wilcox – Conservative
- Caroline Wood – Labour
Chase Terrace:
- Eric Drinkwater – Labour
- Stewart Hitchin – UKIP
- Brenda Rigby – Conservative
- Jeff Sheriff – UKIP
- Pamela Stokes – Conservative
- Sue Woodward – Labour
Chasetown:
- Sharon Banevicius – Labour
- Ray Edwards – UKIP
- Beth Fisher – Conservative
- Paul Hogan – Conservative
- Keith Willis-Croft – Labour
Colton & The Ridwares:
- Shirley Barnett – Conservative
Curborough:
- Jeanette Allsopp – Conservative
- Norma Bacon – Conservative
- Colin Ball – Labour
- Celia Collis – Labour
- Linda Cope – UKIP
Fazeley:
- Eddie Jones – Green
- John Mills – UKIP
- Glen Mynott – Labour
- Olivia Shepherd – Conservative
- Mike Thompson – Conservative
- Dave Whatton – Labour
Hammwerwich with Wall:
- Rod Campbell – Labour
- Darren Ennis – Labour
- Ken Humphreys – Conservative
- Doug Pullen – Conservative
- Vance Wasdell – Independent
Highfield:
- Doug Constable – Conservative
- Helen Fisher – Conservative
- Jeremy James – Labour
- Eddie McCann – Labour
Leomansley:
- Alison Anketell – Lib Dem
- Jeyan Anketell – Lib Dem
- Bob Awty – Conservative
- Brian Boston – Labour
- Iain Eadie – Conservative
- Ian Jackson – Lib Dem
- Andy Smith – Conservative
Little Aston & Stonnall:
- Roy Boffy – Labour
- Elizabeth Hassall – Conservative
- Joe Powell – Conservative
Longdon:
- Keith Ashby – UKIP
- Joshua Bell – Labour
- Ian Pritchard – Conservative
Mease Valley:
- Ashley Yeates – Conservative
Shenstone:
- David Salter – Conservative
- David Thompson – Labour
St John’s:
- Deb Baker – Conservative
- Michael Hawkes – Labour
- Tim Matthews – Conservative
- John Smith – Lib Dem
- Chris Spruce – Conservative
Stowe:
- Lee Field – Labour
- Colin Greatorex – Conservative
- Mat Hayward – Green
- Jon O’Hagan – Conservative
- Don Palmer – Labour
- David Smedley – Conservative
- Benjamin Watkins – Labour
Summerfield & All Saints:
- Brenda Constable – Conservative
- Don Isaacs – Labour
- Richard Mosson – Conservative
- Steven Norman – Labour
- Heather Tranter – Conservative
- Darius Wilson – Labour
Whittington & Streethay:
- Eileen Cope – UKIP
- Robert Green – UKIP
- David Leytham – Conservative
- John Maunder – UKIP
- Robert Strachan – Conservative
- Alan White – Conservative
