Full list of city council candidates

The list of candidates for the upcoming local elections in Peterborough has been revealed. The deadline for nominations has passed, with the candidate list for each ward in the city now published.

Voting will take place on Thursday, May 6 for the election of 23 city councillors (out of 60 seats) in the following wards: Barnack, Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye, Thorney & Newborough, Fletton & Stanground, Fletton & Woodston (2 seats), Glinton & Castor, Gunthorpe, Hampton Vale, Hargate & Hempsted, North, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Park, Paston & Walton, Ravensthorpe, Stanground South, Werrington, West and Wittering.

Parish council elections will also be held in the following parish wards: Bainton, Barnack, East, Goldhay East, Hampton Hargate, Hampton Vale, Helpston, NorthEast, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Southorpe, St Martin’s Without, Thorney (by-election), Ufford and Wothorpe. A referendum will also take place on the Neighbourhood Plan for Glinton on the same day.

The deadline to register to vote is Monday, April 19. Registration can be done quickly at www.gov.uk/registertovote. Alternatively, you can call the council’s electoral services team on 01733 452249 or email electoral.services@peterborough. gov.uk.

The deadline to apply for a postal vote, or to amend an existing one, is 5pm on Tuesday, April 20. To apply for a postal vote, you must first be registered to vote. The deadline to apply for a new proxy vote is 5pm on Tuesday, April 27.

This is where a voter nominates a trusted person to cast a vote on their behalf. Again, you must first be registered to vote. Legislation has also been introduced to support people affected by Covid-19 right up to polling day by allowing them to apply for an emergency proxy vote up to 5pm on polling day itself. Applications for postal and proxy votes should be made to the council’s electoral services team. On polling day, polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. Polling station information is included on polling cards and also available from the council’s website.

The election results will be declared on the following day - Friday, May 7.

For more information visit: https://www.peterborough.gov. uk/council/elections.

For further information on the local elections, visit: https://www. peterborough.gov.uk/council/ elections/election-details.

Candidate list BARNACK

Noreen Bi - Labour and Co-operative

Prem Gyani - Lib Dem Danette O’Hara - Green David Over - Conservative

BRETTON

Angus Ellis - Labour and Cooperative

Chaz Fenner - Conservative Frances Fox - UKIP Chris Heap - The For Britain Movement

Rohan Wilson - Lib Dem

CENTRAL

Amjad Iqbal - Labour Arturs Fedorovs - Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.

Polly Geraghty - Lib Dem Fiona Radic - Green Khazar Suleman - Conservative

DOGSTHORPE

Kelsey Brace - Green

Colin Hargreaves - Independent Ishfaq Hussain - Conservative Alison Jones - Labour and Cooperative

Sandra Ringler - Lib Dem Graham Whitehead - UKIP

EAST

Jackie Allen - Conservative Stuart Clark - Lib Dem Stacey Collins - Green Nick Thulbourn - Labour

EYE, THORNEY & NEWBOROUGH Michael Alexander - Green Annie Geraghty - Lib Dem Emma Goldberg - Labour and Cooperative

Nigel Simons - Conservative

FLETTON & STANGROUND Phill Brentor - Labour Raymond Knight - Green Oliver Sainsbury - Conservative Jade Seager - Lib Dem John Whitby - Independent

FLETTON & WOODSTON (2 SEATS)

Imtiaz Ali - Labour and Co-operative

Andy Coles - Conservative Lisa Forbes - Labour and Cooperative Christopher Hopgood - Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.

Callum Robertson - Lib Dem David Stevenson - Green

Neil Walton - Lib Dem Andrew Willey - Conservative

GLINTON & CASTOR Claire Bysshe - Lib Dem Saqib Farooq - Conservative Gregor Guthrie - Green Stuart Martin - Labour

GUNTHORPE

Simon Kail - Lib Dem Focus Team Tom Rogers - Christian Peoples

Alliance

Bryan Tyler - Conservative Jonas Yonga - Labour

HAMPTON VALE James Brown - Lib Dem Dave King - Independent Lindsay Sharp - Conservative Mohammed Tokir - Labour

HARGATE & HEMPSTED Samantha Godley - Green Timothy Kujiyat - Labour Nicolle Moyo - Conservative Kevin Tighe - Lib Dem

NORTH

Javed Akhtar - Conservative Alison Ambarchian - Green Peter Chivall - Lib Dem Mohammed Haseeb - Labour and Co-operative

ORTON LONGUEVILLE June Bull - Green Graham Casey - Conservative Nick Penniall - Lib Dem Wendy Smith - Labour and Cooperative

ORTON WATERVILLE Vincent Carroll - Lib Dem Kirsty Knight - Green

Iain McLaughlan - UKIP Haydn Robson - Labour Michael Samways - Conservative

PARK

Ian Hardman - Lib Dem Shaz Nawaz - Labour and Cooperative

John Peach - Conservative

PASTON & WALTON Charles Day - Conservative Nick Sandford - Lib Dem Focus Team

Arthur Webber - Labour and Cooperative

RAVENSTHORPE

Naz Bibi - Green

Richard Cham - Lib Dem

Gul Nawaz - Conservative Natasha Snarey - Labour and Cooperative

STANGROUND SOUTH Richard Campbell-Smith - Labour Simon Garner - Lib Dem Chris Harper - Conservative Stuart Middleton - Green

WERRINGTON Matthew Dear - Labour and Cooperative

John Fox - Werrington First Richard Olive - Lib Dem Rylan Ray - Conservative Georgia Wade - Green

WEST

Lynne Ayres - Conservative John Myles - UKIP

Rob Petch - Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews. Richard Strangward - Labour Barry Warne - Green

Paul Whittaker - Lib Dem

WITTERING

Abi Ajoni - Labour

Gavin Elsey - Conservative Peter Slinger - Green John Stannage - Independent