The candidates for upcoming local elections
CANDIDATES for the upcoming local elections in Coventry have been finalised.
There are 111 candidates vying for election in Coventry across 19 seats when voters take to the polls on Thursday, May 6.
That includes a byelection in Wyken following the death of Hazel Sweet.
People will decide who they want to represent their ward at Coventry City Council, which is in charge of local services such as schools, roads and bin collections.
Last year’s elections were delayed because of Covid, but they have been given the go-ahead this year with a string of measures in place to make them Covid secure.
Voters will be required to wear face coverings inside polling stations, while they will also be asked to bring their own pen or pencil to mark their ballot.
Coventry City Council is currently run by the Labour Party, holding 40 out of the 54 seats. The Conservative opposition have 13 seats, while there is currently one Independent.
Council leader George Duggins and opposition leader Gary Ridley are among those standing for re-election.
New faces are guaranteed in the Council House with some changes in party candidates.
Conservative councillors Allan Andrews and Tim Mayer are stepping down in Earlsdon and Westwood respectively, while Labour’s Lynette Kelly will also no longer stand in Sherbourne.
Counting for local elections is taking place at the Ricoh Arena the day after on Friday, May 7, with the process taking longer due to reductions in staff due to social distancing.
The full list of candidates standing in Coventry is below:
Bablake Balvinder Kaur Labour
Steve Keough - Conservative and Unionist Party
Tony Middleton - Coventry Citizens Party Mark Perryman - Liberal Democrat Niall Webb - Green Party
Glenn Williams - Independent*
Binley and Willenhall Paul Cowley - Coventry Citizens Party Danny Foulstone Green Party Amarjit Singh Khangura - Conservative and Unionist Party
Michael Morgan Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nigel Plowman - Liberal Democrat Christine Thomas Labour* Cheylesmore
Rois Ali - Labour* Anna Grainger - Liberal Democrat Judy Griffiths - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Nate Lewis - Coventry Citizens Party Barbara Mosterman Conservative and Unionist Party John Verdult - Green Party Earlsdon Cameron Baxter Coventry Citizens Party
John Finlayson Green Party Adam Harmsworth Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Zaid Rehman - Conservative
and Unionist Party** Stephen Richmond Liberal Democrat Antony Tucker Labour Foleshill
Jim Hensman - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Zia Khan - Independent
Raja Meesala - Conservative and Unionist Party
Shakila Nazir Labour**
Paul Newland - Liberal Democrat
David Priestley - Green Party
Nicola Spalding - Coventry Citizens Party Henley
Laura Ridley - Conservative and Unionist Party
Ed Ruane - Labour* Thomas Shakespeare - Liberal Democrat Lesley Sim - Green Party
Ian Wardle - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Charlie Wilson - Coventry Citizens Party Holbrook
Alan Gavin - Coventry Citizens Party Stephen Gray - Green Party
Rachel Lancaster Labour* Zeeshan Qazi - Conservative and Unionist Party
Anna Richmond - Liberal Democrat Longford
Jaspal Singh Bahara - Liberal Democrat Jim Bench - Independent
Balbir Singh Dhami Conservative and Unionist Party George Duggins Labour*
Joe Mcavoy-boss Green Party
Ian Rogers - Coventry Citizens Party Lower Stoke Michael Ballinger Conservative and Unionist Party Andre Soares Rodrigues
Escorcio - Liberal Democrat Catherine Miks Labour*
John O’sullivan - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Esther Reeves - Green Party
Lorna Williams - Coventry Citizens Party Radford
Dave Anderson - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Irena Bosworth - Coventry Citizens Party Mal Mutton - Labour* Jules Spriddle - Green Party Jonathan Ward - Liberal Democrat
Neil Worwood - Conservative and Unionist Party Sherbourne Amanda Eccles Labour**
Sian Jones - Coventry Citizens Party Aidan O’toole - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Nukey Proctor- Liberal Democrat
Ryan Simpson - Conservative and Unionist Party
George Teggin - Green Party
St Michael’s Naeem Akhtar Labour*
Allan Aspinall - Green Party
Benoit Jones - Liberal Democrat
Dave Nellist - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Daniel Partington Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Wilson - Coventry Citizens Party Upper Stoke Kamran Caan Labour*
Terri Hersey - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Gurdeep Singh Sohal Conservative and Unionist Party Caroline Spence - Liberal Democrat Laura Vesty - Green Party
Thomas Watts - Coventry Citizens Party Wainbody
John Blundell - Conservative and Unionist Party*
Becky Finlayson Green Party George Ireland - Coventry Citizen Party James Morshead - Liberal Democrat John Tallentire Labour Westwood
Jim Donnelly - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Abdul Jobbar - Labour Jess Marshall - Green Party
Asha Masih - Conservative and Unionist Party**
Jamie Simpson - Liberal Democrat Danielle Stringfellow - Coventry Citizens Party
Iddrisu Sufyan Reform UK Whoberley Russell Field - Liberal Democrat
Teri Fogden - Coventry Citizens Party Jackie Gardiner - Conservative and Unionist Party
Jayne Innes - Labour* Anne Patterson Green Party Woodlands
Mark Farr - Labour Marcus Fogden - Coventry Citizens Party Andy Hilton - Liberal Democrat
Gary Ridley - Conservative and Unionist Party*
Sudhir Sard - Green Party
Sarah Smith - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Wyken
Sunny Singh Braitch - Coventry Citizens Party
Chrissie Brown - Green Party
Gary Cooper - Coventry Citizens Party Angela Hopkins Labour**
Farie Madzikanda Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Manjeet Rai - Conservative and Unionist Party
Myooran Spikantha Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Thay - Labour* Juliet Thomas - Liberal Democrat
Cathy Wattebot Green Party
* current incumbent ** defending the seat for the party