A full list of candidates ahead of local elections for Gedling Borough Council has been confirmed. Also see ward maps and polling station finder
The local council elections will take place next month on 4 May to select members for the next four years.
Gedling Borough Council has confirmed the full list of candidates standing in the local election on May 4.
Verification will take place on the evening of the election on Thursday, May 4 and the count will take place the following day on Friday, May 5 at 10am.
The council has changed the venue for the count, and it will now take place at the Richard Herrod Centre, Carlton.
There are 41 Gedling Borough councillors representing 19 wards.
Of the 41 seats, 29 currently belong to the Labour Party, eight belong to the Conservative Party, two belong to the Liberal Democrats and two are independent.
In 2019 the Labour Party managed to strengthen its grip on the borough, gaining four additional seats compared to the 2015 election.
The Liberal Democrats gained one additional seat, while the independent candidates secured two.
The Conservative Party lost seven seats.
In total 36.14 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in 2019.
Below is a list of all candidates standing in each Gedling ward, listed in alphabetical surname order.
The bracket is the number of council seats being elected.
Bestwood St Albans Ward (2)
Josie Abbott – Conservative Party Candidate
Rachel Elizabeth Ellis – Labour Party
Des Gibbons – Labour Party
Ray Poynter – Liberal Democrat
Katherine Laura Randall – Conservative Party Candidate
Patrick Christopher Shannon – Liberal Democrat
Margret Susan Barbara Vince – Green Party
Calverton Ward (3)
John Bailey – N/A
Pat Bosworth – Independent
Lorraine Kathleen Brown – The Conservative Party Candidate
Boyd Bryan Elliott – The Conservative Party Candidate
Sam Gordon – Independent
Mike Hope – Independent
Darcy Autumn Inchboard – Labour Party
Sarah Emily Smith – Labour Party
Jane Maria Walker – The Conservative Party Candidate
Dean Anthony Wilson – Labour Party
Carlton Ward (2)
Annabelle Lucy Banner – Conservative Party Candidate
Graham Terrance Clive Dewberry – Liberal Democrat
Kai Benjamin Harrison – Conservative Party Candidate
Johnathan On Kay Ho – Liberal Democrat
Catherine Patricia Pope – Labour Party
Ruth Geraldine Tanner – Green Party
Paul O’Neil Wilkinson – Labour Party
Carlton Hill Ward (3)
Joseph Roger Conboy – Liberal Democrat
Jim Creamer – Labour Party
Paul Feeney – Labour Party
Anthony John Gillam – Liberal Democrat
Yvonne Michele Godwin – Conservative Party Candidate
James Victor Greensmith – Conservative Party Candidate
Nadia Hajat – Liberal Democrat
Steve Swann – Conservative Party Candidate
Cavendish Ward (2)
Pat Blandamer – Conservative Party Candidate
Liz Clunie – Labour Party
Andrew Mark Dunkin – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Gary Graham Gregory – Independent
Karen Gregory – Independent
Dwayne Anthony Henry – Labour
Paul Anthony Hughes – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Collette Sharon Osborne – Conservative Party Candidate
Colwick Ward (1)
Kevin Backhouse Doyle – The Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Richard Milburn – Liberal Democrat
Russell Whiting – Labour Party
Coppice Ward (2)
Mick Abbott – Conservative Party Candidate
Marje Paling – Labour Party
Mark Simons – Liberal Democrat
Jim Stuart – Green Party
Geoff Walker – Conservative Party Candidate
Henry Thomas Neil Wheeler – Labour Party
Daybrook Ward (2)
Sandra Jean Barnes – Labour Party
Kyle Anthony Robinson-Payne – Labour Party
Melissa Simone Seaton – Conservative Party Candidate
Chris Walker – Conservative Party Candidate
Dumbles Ward (1)
Helen Monique Greensmith – The Conservative Party Candidate
Catherine Leigh O’Riordan – Liberal Democrat
Ian Nigel Smith – Green Party
Daniel John Taylor – Labour Party
Ernehale Ward (2)
Judy Barson – Liberal Democrat
Ged Clarke – Conservative Party Candidate
David Sidney Ellis – Labour and Co-operative
Roxanne Elizabeth Ellis – Labour and Co-operative
Paul Richard Key – Independent
Desmond Paul Peet – Independent
Jason Martin Stansfield – Liberal Democrat
Sue Walker – Conservative Party Candidate
Gedling Ward (2)
Maggie Dunkin – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Charlie Godwin – Conservative Party Candidate
Jenny Hollingsworth – Labour Party
Darren Robert Maltby – Conservative Party Candidate
James O’Riordan – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Lynda Jane Pearson – Labour Party
Netherfield Ward (2)
Laurence James Baldwin – Green Party
William John Clarke – Labour Party
Michel Flor-Henry – Conservative Party Candidate
Essop Hajat – Liberal Democrat
Alison Lesley Hunt – Labour Party
Mick Murphy – Conservative Party Candidate
Newstead Abbey Ward (3)
Stuart James Bestwick – The Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Anthony Bruch – Liberal Democrat
Sharon Dawn Butterworth – Labour Party
Jim Heath – Liberal Democrat
Cleon Tundy Alexander Nelson – Labor Party
Sue Pickering – The Conservative Party Candidate
Martin David Smith – The Conservative Party
John Antony Sutherland – Liberal Democrat
Carol Ann Wright – Labour Party
Phoenix Ward (2)
Andrew James Armstrong – Labour Party
Alan Sydney Bexon – Conservative Party Candidate
Andrew Mark Ellwood – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Tracy Maltby – Conservative Party Candidate
Richard Mark Shipley – Labour Party
Cliev John Towsey-Hinton – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Plains Ward (3)
Max Beeken – Liberal Democrat
David Jonathan Brocklebank – Labour Party
Luke Martin Dunkin – Liberal Democrat
Martin Nigel Gladwell – Liberal Democrat
Ed Jayamaha – Conservative Party Candidate
Grahame David Pope – Labour Party
Keith Trevor Seaton – Conservative Party Candidate
Margaret Ruth Strong – Labour Party
Carol Ann Walker – Conservative Party Candidate
Porchester Ward (3)
Linda Susan Adams – Conservative Party Candidate
Roy Douglas Allan – Labour Party
Alan Peter Morrell Dawson – Liberal Democrat
Tony Jenkins – Conservative Party Candidate
Julie Najuk – Labour Party
Dennis Penaluna – Green Party
Alison Joy Smith – Conservative Party Candidate
Hannah Claire Nilda Soar – Liberal Democrat
Robert Andrew Swift – Liberal Democrat
Michelle Welsh – Labour Party
Redhill Ward (2)
Kathryn Fox – Labour Party
Tad Jones – Liberal Democrat
Gerry Kenwood – Conservative Party Candidate
Kevin Charles Lock – Conservative Party Candidate
Michael Richard Payne – Labour Party
David Neil Snodgrass – Liberal Democrat
Trent Valley Ward (2)
Mike Adams – Conservative Party Candidate
Richard Ian Macduff Fife – Liberal Democrat
Richard Douglas Fletcher – Labour Party
John Edward Flynn – Liberal Democrat
Muhammad Ebadullah Malik – Labour Party
Sam Thomas Smith – Conservative Party Candidate
Woodthorpe Ward (2)
Suzanna Jayne Adams – Conservative Party Candidate
Steven James Clarke – Green Party
Ron McCrossen – Labour Party
Viv McCrossen – Labour Party
Roger Mark Patterson – Liberal Democrat
Myles Maurice Pike – Conservative Party Candidate
Andrew Julian Swift – Liberal Democrat
