SOMERSET NEWS: Who is standing in your area in the Somerset County Council elections – find out here

THE full list of people standing for election to Somerset County Council next month has been published.

There will be 55 seats available across the county when residents go to the polls on Thursday, May 4, 2017, and the deadline for candidates to formally submit their intention to stand for election was on Tuesday (April 4, 2017).

A total of 230 people have put themselves forward and the full list of nominations can now be found on the list below.

A County Hall spokesman said: “The county council elections are hugely important as they will determine who will run the authority for the next four years and lead in the delivery of the huge range of services we provide.” 

There are around 420,000 people registered to vote in Somerset and there will be nearly 450 polling stations open for business from 7am to 10pm on May 4, 2017, from pubs to parish rooms, cricket clubs to skittle alleys.

Anyone eligible to vote but not already on the electoral register has one week left to put that right - the deadline is midnight on Thursday, April 13, 2017.

You can do it online by visiting www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or by contacting your local district council.

The county council election candidates are as follows:

MENDIP AREA:

Frome East Division: Eve Berry, Conservative; Martin John Dimery, Green Party; Alvin John Horsfall, Liberal Democrats; David Alan Oakensen, Labour.

Frome North Division: Adam Owen Matthew Boyden, Liberal Democrats; Pepita Collins, Green Party; Linda Oliver, Conservative.

Frome West Division: Jo Beale, Conservative; Theresa Mary Philomena Clark, Labour; John Clarke, Green Party; Derek, Liberal Party; Damon John Hooton, Liberal Democrats.

Glastonbury and Street Division: Simon Michael Carswell, Independent; Nick Cottle, Liberal Democrats; Jon Cousins, Green Party; Keith Anthony Hooper, UK Independence Party; Emma Jane King, Labour Party; Liz Leyshon, Liberal Democrats; Terry William Napper, Conservative; Jane Racliffe, Labour; David Albert George Swain, Conservative.

Mendip Central and East Division: Jono Ekin, Green Party; Philip John Ham, Conservative; Claire Louise Hudson, Liberal Democrats; Marc James Peel, Labour.

Mendip Hills Division: Melissa Coate, Liberal Democrats; David Hine, Green Party; Mike Pullin, Conservative; Simon Vincent Smedley, UK Independence Party; G. Paul Turner, Labour.

Mendip South Division: Nigel Anthony Hewitt-Cooper, Conservative; Robert John Reed, Liberal Democrats; Theo Simon, Green Party.

Mendip West Division: Daniel Croose, Labour; Graham Noel, Conservative; Ros Wyke, Liberal Democrats.

Shepton Mallet Division: Ant Butler, Labour Party; Peter Nicholas Harlow, Green Party; Bente Height, Independent; Garfield Kennedy, Liberal Democrats; John William Parham, Conservative.

Wells Division: Les Bate, UK Independence Party; Den Carter, Labour; Paul Francis Crummay, Green Party; Tessa Jane Munt, Liberal Democrats; John Derek Osman, Conservative.

SEDGEMOOR AREA:

Brent Division: Bob Filmer, Conservative; Tony Gore, Liberal Democrats; Janty Marsden, Labour; David Robert Willis, UK Independence Party.

Bridgwater East and Bawdrip Division: David Hall, Conservative; Diogo Rodrigues, Labour; Mike Senior, Liberal Democrats.

Bridgwater North and Central Division: Pele Barnes, Conservative; Nikki Clark, Green Party; Dave Loveridge, Labour; Antony Nickolls, Liberal Democrats; Dave Preece, Independent.

Bridgwater South Division: Lane John Duddridge, Conservative; Daniel Alexander, Kelly, Liberal Democrats; Leigh Paul Redman, Labour.

Bridgwater West Division: Ann Elizabeth Bown, Conservative; Tony Heywood, Labour; Michelle Denise Phillips, Liberal Democrats.

Burnham-on-Sea North Division: Peter Burridge-Clayton, Conservative; Brian Royston Hobbs, UK Independence Party; Mike Murphy, Liberal Democrats; Colin Michael Price, Labour.

Cannington Division: Mike Caswell, Conservative; Jill Ann Dillamore, Liberal Democrats; Philip St Lawrence King, Labour.

Cheddar Division: Helen Dorothy Hims, UK Independence Party; Norma Scanlon, Labour; Tim Shaban, Liberal Democrats; Nigel Philip Taylor, Conservative.

Highbridge and Burnham South Division: Lorna Irene Bromley Corke, UK Independence Party; John David Parkes, Liberal Democrats; Lucy Scanlon, Labour; John Charles Woodman, Conservative.

Huntspill Division: Chelsea John Chadwick, Labour; Phil Harvey, Liberal Democrats; Mark Healey, Conservative.

King Alfred Division: Anthony John Edward Betty, UK Independence Party; David John Huxtable, Conservative; Lynne Morgan, Labour; Emma Munt, Liberal Democrats.

North Petherton Division: Richard James Brown, Conservative; Jane Grenfell, Labour; Bill Revans, Liberal Democrats.

SOUTH SOMERSET AREA:

Blackmoor Vale Division: Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding, Green Party; Sarah Joanne Dyke, Liberal Democrats; William Wallace, Conservative; Michael AndrewYianni, Labour.

Brympton Division: Sam Crabb, Liberal Democrats; Kek Long, Green Party; Dan Marks, Labour; Anthony Power, UK Independence Party; Josh Williams, Conservative.

Castle Cary Division: Sean Adam Dromgoole, Labour; Henry Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats; Mike Lewis, Conservative.

Chard North Division: Amanda Jane Broom, Liberal Democrats; Nigel Charles Pearson, UK Independence Party; John Wardman Schofield, Labour; Martin John Wale, Conservative.

Chard South Division: Jason Paul Baker, Liberal Democrats; Dave Bulmer, Independent; Peter Martin Heather, UK Independence Party; Gemma Trudy Verdon, Conservative; Melissa Louise Whittaker-Mather, Labour.

Coker Division: Peter John Bysouth, Green Party; Jane Elizabeth Carter-Uren, Labour; Mick Clark, Liberal Democrats; Mark Alexander Keating, Conservative.

Crewkerne Division: Marcus Morton Barrett, Conservative; Mike Best, Liberal Democrats; Arthur Sidney Hamlin, UK Independence Party; Gary David Swain, Labour.

Curry Rivel and Langport Division: Clare Aparicio Paul, Conservative; Julia Mary Frances Gadd, Liberal Democrats; Barbara Mary Jell, UK Independence Party; Andrew Lee, Independent; Stephen Peter Tate, Green Party; Stephen Peter Tilley, Labour.

Ilminster Division: Carol Ann Goodall, Liberal Democrats; Don Kinder, UK Independence Party; Peter Lansdown, Green Party; Ian Rupert Mackillop, Labour; Linda Patricia Vijeh, Conservative.

Martock Division: Neil Brian Bloomfield, Conservative; Jonathan Paul Davies, Liberal Democrats; Peter Charles Ludbrook, Labour Party.

Somerton Division: Dan Britton, Green Party; Mary Graham Butler, Labour; Stephen Richard John Page, Liberal Democrats; Dean Douglas Ruddle, Conservative.

South Petherton and Islemoor Division: Antony Bryan Clarke, UK Independence Party; Adam James Dance, Liberal Democrats; Christopher Antony Le Hardy, Conservative; Paul John Sellers, Labour.

Wincanton and Bruton Division: Abigail Rebekah Baker, Liberal Democrats; Anna Mary Groskop, Conservative; Ewan William George Jones, Green Party; Patricia Ann Turner, Labour Party.

Yeovil Central Division: Alan Ivor Dimmick, UK Independence Party; Alan Flint, Green Party; Andy Kendall, Liberal Democrats; Terry Lavin, Labour Party; Nick Rousell, Conservative.

Yeovil East Division: Godfrey Davey, UK Independence Party; Terry Ledlie, Labour; Tony Lock, Liberal Democrats; Neil James Mitchell, Independent; Teresa Sienkiewicz, Conservative.

Yeovil South Division: Dave Greene, Independent; Faye Purbrick, Conservative; Andy Soughton, Liberal Democrats; Diane Catherine Wood, Green Party; Christos Zaranis, Labour.

Yeovil West Division: Gail Freeman-Bell, Labour; Jane Lock, Liberal Democrats; John Richard Lukey, Conservative; Robert Charles Wood, Green Party.

TAUNTON DEANE AREA:

Bishops Hull and Taunton West Division: Charlie Grabham, Labour; John Hunt, Independent; Julian McLeod Mellor, Green Party; Simon Nicholls, Liberal Democrats; Jason Wayne Woollacott, Conservative.

Blackdown and Neroche Division: Ross Longhurst Henley, Liberal Democrats; Roy Snelling, Green Party; Madeleine Spears, Labour; John Bryan Thorne, Conservative.

Comeytrowe and Trull Division: Liam David Canham, Labour; Bill Lukins, UK Independence Party; Cathy Parmenter, Green Party; Andy Sully, Conservative; Alan Wedderkopp, Liberal Democrats.

Lydeard Division: Jonathan Frederic Gray, Labour; Roger Keith Habgood, Conservative; Clive Patrick Martin, Green Party; Mike Rigby, Independent; James Russell, Liberal Democrats.

Monkton and North Curry Division: David John Andrew Fothergill, Conservative; Andy Pritchard, Green Party; Ray Tully, Liberal Democrats.

Rowbarton and Staplegrove Division: Bob Bainbridge, Independent; Alan William Debenham, Green Party; Jefferson Andrew Horsley, Liberal Democrats; Brenda Dawn Weston, Labour; Rod Williams, Conservative.

Taunton East Division: Simon Coles, Liberal Democrats; Hugh Courage, UK Independence Party; Jon Machen, Green Party; Stephen Henry Martin-Scott, Conservative; Robert Noakes, Labour.

Taunton North Division: Tom Aldridge, UK Independence Party; Chris Booth, Liberal Democrats; Giuseppe Leslie Fraschini; Libby Lisgo, Labour and Cooperative Party; Daniel James Whelan, Green Party.

Taunton South Division: Jack Robert Johnson, Labour Party; Luke Rush Parchment, Conservative; Hazel Prior-Sankey, Liberal Democrats; Chris Salter, Green Party.

Upper Tone Division: Caroline Anne Freedman, Green Party; James Alexander Hunt, Conservative; Janet Carol Lloyd, Liberal Democrats; Steve Ross, Independent.

Wellington Division: Zoe Grigg-Ainsworth, Green Party; Robin Dickinson, Conservative; Andrew Govier, Labour; Mark Raymond Lithgow, Liberal Democrats.

WEST SOMERSET AREA:

Dulverton and Exmoor Division: Ivor Dennis Jones, UK Independence Party; Graham Robert Kennedy, Labour; Frances Mary Nicholson, Conservative; Peter Charles Pilkington, Liberal Democrats.

Dunster Division: Adrian Behan, UK Independence Party; Lesley Culverhouse, Labour Party; Paul Donald Dennett, Green Party; Christine Mary Lawrence, Conservative; James Damian Tudor Wall, Liberal Democrats.

Minehead Division: Many Jayne Chilcott, Conservative; Marcus Kravis, Liberal Democrats; Anne Maureen Smith, Labour; Terry Venner, UK Independence Party.

Watchet and Stogursey Division: Peter Barbuti, UK Independence Party; Anthony Charles Bowden, Liberal Democrats; Hugh John William Davies, Independent; Richard Patrick Lillis, Conservative; Robin Keith Nuttall, Labour.

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