Candidates list

Nearly 100 candidates are standing in the local elections in Fareham this year, with voters heading to the polls on Thursday, May 2. It will be an all-out election this year meaning there are elections for all 32 seats that make up the borough council. There are 99 candidates for 16 wards with between four, five, six, seven and eight candidates standing for each ward. Fareham is a Conservative stronghold but now has candidates from all main parties throwing their hats in the ring for election.

The breakdown of the 99 candidates looks like this: 31 Conservative Party, 25 Liberal Democrats, 22 Labour, 11 Green Party, six Independent and four for Reform UK party.

Currently, there are 24 Conservatives, four Liberal Democrats and three independent councillors.

Council leader Sean Woodward will not be defending his seat after deciding to step down after 25 years.

The nominated candidates for Fareham Borough Council elections are as follows by ward:

Avenue

■ Roger Nicholas Bird – Conservative Party

■ Peter John Davies – Liberal Democrats

■ Tina Lesley Ellis – Conservative Party

■ Sue Flewitt – Liberal Democrats

■ Baz Marie – Green Party Candidate

■ James Michael Webb – Labour Party

Fareham Park

■ Fred Birkett – Conservative Party

■ Lisa Margaret Birkett – Conservative Party

■ Ben Foster – Liberal Democrats

■ Andrew Peter Mooney – Labour Party

■ Carina Lynne Smithlabour Party

■ Kerry Stubbs – Liberal Democrats

■ Fareham Town

■ Julie Elizabeth Bird – Conservative Party

■ Abbie Eales – Labour Party

■ Melojane Herbert – Conservative Party

■ John Vivian – Green Party ■ Lisa Jane Whittle – Liberal Democrats

■ Kirsten Wilstshire – Liberal Democ rats

■ Lee Woods – Labour Party Fort Fareham

■ James Antony Fellows – Labour Party

■ Gemma Furnivall –

Labour Party

■ Nick Gregory – Independent

■ Sharon Marie Hughes –

Independent

■ Stephen Paul Ingram – Conservative Party

■ Nick Lyle – Green Party ■ Freya Rose Sanger North – Conservative Party

■ John Arthur Tilley – Liberal Democrats

Hill Head

■ Gerry Drabble – Reform UK

■ Owen Donald Drabble – Reform UK

■ Steve Dugan – Conservative Party

■ Kay Mandry – Conservative Party

■ Lynne Murray – Labour Party

■ David Anthony Rodgers – Labour Party

■ Max Zambo – Liberal Democrats ■ Hook-with-warsash ■ Frair Louise Burgess – Conservative Party

■ Antony John Ferraro – Labour Party

■ Mike Ford – Conservative Party

■ Lewis Sydney Campbell Hall – Green Party

Tom Newman – Green Party

■ Jon Sacker – Liberal Democrats

■ Dominic Leung Yan Wong – Liberal Democrats

Locks Heath

■ Susan Marie Bayford – Conservative Party

■ Anne-marie Burdfield – Green party

■ Malcolm Roy Daniells – Conservative Party

■ Sue Hardie – Liberal Democrats

■ Dave Leonard – Liberal Democrats

■ Alexander Christopher Reed – Labour Party

Park Gate

■ Ian John Bastable – Conservative Party

■ Graham Stanley Everdell – Liberal Democrats

■ Simon David Martin – Conservative Party

■ Verden Alluin Meldrum – Labour Party

■ Gayathri Sathyanath – Liberal Democrats Portchester Castle

■ Tania Marie Almond – Labour Party

■ Chrissie Bainbridge – Liberal Democrats

■ Richard Edward Ryan – Labour Party

■ Nicholas John Walker – Conservative Party

■ Susan Margaret Walker – Conservative Party

■ David Peter Wiltshire – Liberal Democrats Portchester Wicor

■ Tom Peter Davies – Conservative Party

■ Adriano Maluf – Labour Party

■ Dominic Stuart Martin – Labour Party

■ Paul Michael Nother – Liberal Democrats

■ Claire Turner – Conservative Party

■ Paul William Whittle – Liberal Democrats

■ Sarisbury and Whiteley