Coventry Telegraph

ALL OF CITY’S LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES

- By ELLIE BROWN News Reporter

MORE than 100 people are running to be a Coventry councillor in this year’s council elections, it has been revealed.

A list of candidates for the election on Thursday 2 May has been published by the council.

A third of seats at the authority will be up for grabs when polls open. Twelve of the 37 ruling Labour group members, and six of the 15 opposition Conservati­ve councillor­s are hoping to be re-elected.

High-profile councillor­s defending their posts include the leader of the council, Cllr George Duggins, in Longford and the leader of the opposition, Cllr Gary Ridley, in Woodlands. Eight parties in total are fielding candidates in the race, although two of these have only nominated one person.

Of the 105 people vying for residents’ votes, four are independen­t. These candidates are running in two wards, Foleshill and Upper Stoke.

A full list of candidates is below. On polling day, Coventry residents will also be able to vote in the West Midlands mayoral and police commission­er elections.

Polls will be open from 7am-10pm on Thursday 2 May and the count will be held at the CBS Arena, with results announced the next morning. Anyone voting in person at a polling station will have to show an accepted form of photo ID following changes last year.

The candidates for each ward in Coventry:

Bablake

Bea CHRISTOPHE­R, Labour Party, Anthony Gavin DOWNES, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Russell David FIELD, Liberal Democrats For a fair deal, Steve KEOUGH, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Tony MIDDLETON, Coventry Citizens Party, Amanda PEEL, Britain First British People First, Niall WEBB, Green Party.

Binley and Willenhall

Paul COWLEY, Coventry Citizens Party, William John SINGLE, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Rob SLATER, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Christine Elizabeth THOMAS, Labour Party. Cheylesmor­e

Randhir Kaur AULUCK, Labour Party, Josh FINCH, Coventry Citizens Party, Judy GRIFFITHS, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Rambir Singh KHATKAR, Liberal Democrats For a fair deal, Barbara Catharina MOSTERMAN, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Bruce TETLOW, Green Party.

Earlsdon

Adam Joachim HARMSWORTH, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Zaid REHMAN, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Stephen RICH

MOND, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Antony James TUCKER, Labour and Co-operative Party. Foleshill

Abdirazak Ibrahim AHMED, Independen­t, Ferhan AZAD KIANI, Independen­t, Teri Louise FOGDEN, Coventry Citizens Party, Rakesh GILL, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Shakila NAZIR, Labour Party, David-leigh WATERS, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal.

Henley

Michael Arthur BALLINGER, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Timothy MACY, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Aidan Spencer O`TOOLE, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Ed RUANE, Labour Party, Cathy WATTEBOT, Green Party, Tom WATTS, Coventry Citizens Party.

Holbrook

Jim HENSMAN, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Rachel LANCASTER, Labour and Co-operative Party, Gareth Mark LLOYD, Green Party, Zeeshan QAZI, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party.

Longford

Alan Norman Howard CHECKLIN, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, George DUGGINS, Labour Party, Ryan David MCMICHAEL, Liberal Democrats

- For a fair deal, Denise SANCHEZ, Coventry Citizens Party, William SIDHU, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Rachel WARD, Green Party. Lower Stoke

Andre ESCORCIO RODRIGUES SOARES, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Tom JEWELL, Green Party, Catherine Elizabeth MIKS, Labour Party, John Patrick O`SULLIVAN, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Dani STRINGFELL­OW, Coventry Citizens Party, Paul WYATT, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party.

Radford

Dave ANDERSON, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Cameron Ewart BAXTER, Coventry Citizens Party, Mal MUTTON, Labour Party, Stephen James SMITH, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Caroline SPENCE, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Julie SPRIDDLE, Green Party. Sherbourne

Julian Peter MONTAGUE, Coventry Citizens Party, Jane Elizabeth NELLIST, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Rachel Mary NORWOOD, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, David PRIESTLEY, Green Party, Ryan Martin Thomas SIMPSON, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Dave TOULSON, Labour Party.

St Michael’s

Naeem AKHTAR, Labour Party, Chrissie BROWN, Green Party, Benoit David JONES, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Dave NELLIST, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Karen WILSON, Coventry Citizens Party, Mehmet YETKIN, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party .

Upper Stoke

Kamran Asif CAAN, Labour Party, Aaron ESSEL, Independen­t, John FINLAYSON, Green Party, Marcus Luke Paris FOGDEN, Coventry Citizens Party, James GALLAGHER, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Pratibha REDDY RAMIDI, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Terri ROSSER, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Angela Simona RUSU, Independen­t. Wainbody

John Anthony BLUNDELL, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Becky FINLAYSON, Green Party, Adam Jack HANCOCK, Coventry Citizens Party, Megan LEMEE, Women`s Equality Party, James Frederick MORSHEAD, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Dianabasi Edet NKANTAH, Labour Party.

Westwood

Jim DONNELLY, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Grace LEWIS, Labour Party, Nate LEWIS, Coventry Citizens Party, Jess MARSHALL, Green Party, Asha MASIH, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Jamie SIMPSON, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal. Whoberley

Lisa Marie BOYLE, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Anna Caroline GRAINGER, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Jayne INNES, Labour Party, Zoe PARKER, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Anne PATTERSON, Green Party, Ian STRINGFELL­OW, Coventry Citizens Party. Woodlands

Sarah Stephanie DAVIS, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Mark James PERRYMAN, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Neil RIDER, Labour and Co-operative Party, Gary Christophe­r RIDLEY, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Lesley Clare SIM, Green Party, Lorna WILLIAMS, Coventry Citizens Party.

Wyken

Richard BAKER, Green Party, Frank BEECHEY, Conservati­ve and Unionist Party, Gary Ronald COOPER, Coventry Citizens Party, Annabell Mia GURNEYTERR­Y, Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal, Angela HOPKINS, Labour Party, Mila MATHARU, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.

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Conservati­ve leader Cllr Gary Ridley and Labour council leader Cllr George Duggins

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