Local Elections 2023: Mansfield list of candidates and polling stations for 4 May vote

Mansfield District Council has revealed the 126 candidates vying to become councillors at the district-wide election taking place next month.

Voters across the district will take to the polls on May 4 to decide who they want to represent their local ward.

A total of 36 council seats are up for election, with voters in each ward asked to elect one councillor to represent them until 2027.

Voters will also decide on who controls the council in the mayoral election.

Five people – including current Labour mayor Andy Abrahams – are on the ballot sheet for this poll.

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The election comes four years after Mr Abrahams narrowly won the mayoral poll by just two votes after several recounts in 2019.

The Labour mayor pipped his predecessor Kate Allsop (Mans Ind) after a recount of the second preference votes.

A similar recount is unlikely this year after the electoral system was changed from a second preference vote to the standard ‘first past the post’ system.

Mansfield is unique, being one of only a handful of areas to appoint a directly-elected mayor.

This position is an elected council leader who takes control of the authority, is in charge of policy-making and can form their own cabinet.

In the 2019 election, Mr Abrahams won the mayoral vote and the Labour Party won the most seats, with 15.

However, the group did not secure an overall majority in the chamber.

The Mansfield Independent Forum – now the Mansfield Independents – secured 13 seats, while there were six unaligned independents and two Conservatives.

Turnout in the 2019 poll was 29.79 per cent.

The May 2023 ballot sheets include candidates from Labour, the Mansfield Independents, the Conservatives, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Green Party, Reform UK and unaligned independents.

Notable names include prominent former Mansfield Independents councillor Stewart Rickersey vying for a return to politics in the Eakring ward.

Independent Stephen Harvey – a former councillor and 2019 General Election candidate – is also looking for a political return in the Kings Walk ward.

Below are all candidates for the mayoral election and each of the council wards, broken down alphabetically by surname.

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Mayoral Election

Andy Abrahams – Labour Party

Mick Barton – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Andre Camilleri – The Conservative Party Candidate

Karen Rachel Mary Seymour – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Julie Margaret Tasker-Love-Birks – Independent

Bancroft

Mandy Christine Jackson – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Robert Learmonth – The Conservative Party Candidate

Sue Swinscoe – Labour Party

Denis Nneka Tooley-Okonkwo – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Berry Hill

Stephen Timothy Bodle – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Andre Camilleri – The Conservative Party Candidate

Michelle Laing – Labour Party

Brick Kiln

Faith Bekis – The Conservative Party Candidate

Terry Clay – Labour Party

Deb Hodson – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Ben Hollywood – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Carr Bank

Michael Antony Abbs – Labour Party

Kelvin Gene Peters – The Conservative Party Candidate

Stuart Wilson Wallace – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Central

Charles Anderson – The Conservative Party Candidate

Charles Ian Hammersley – The Labour Party

Andy Johnson – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Paul Tooley-Okonkwo – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Eakring

Joshua Kevin Charles – The Conservative Party Candidate

John Christopher Peter Metcalfe – Labour Party

Stewart Edward Rickersey – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Grange Farm

Leah Jade Hartshorn – Labour Party

John Kenneth Roughton – The Conservative Party Candidate

Il-Suna Petek Sato – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

June Stendall – Independent

Holly Forest Town

Shelly Burnett – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Bo Hitchmough – The Conservative Party Candidate

Donna Marie Thomas – Labour Party

Martin Wright – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Hornby

Vic Bobo – The Conservative Party Candidate

Anne Callaghan – Labour Party

Ruth Ford – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Kings Walk

Rouchelle Lorna Evans – Labour Party

Stephen Harvey – Independent

Liz Langrick – The Conservative Party Candidate

Kev Brown – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Kingsway Forest Town

Robert Arthur Corden – The Conservative Party Candidate

Angie Jackson – Labour Party

Gio Loperfido – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Lindhurst

Tom Birchall – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Neil Paul Smith – The Conservative Party Candidate

Rich Mitchell-Tempest – Labour Party

Ling Forest

Andrea Dickens – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Bill Drewett – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Nigel Moxon – The Conservative Party Candidate

Zoe Lawrence-Newton – Labour Party

Manor

Paul Simon Lawrence – The Conservative Party Candidate

Jayne Elizabeth Riddin – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Craig Lea Whitby – Labour Party

Market Warsop

Debra Louise Barlow – Independent

Joe Johnson – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Jack William Lewis Stephenson – Labour Party

Rita Bernadette Townsend – The Conservative Party Candidate

Ruth Truswell – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Maun Valley Forest Town

Mick Barton – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Shane Andrew Roy Draper – Labour Party

Karen Rachel Mary Seymour – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Keith Townsend – The Conservative Party Candidate

Meden

Denise Answer – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Grant Bembridge – The Conservative Party Candidate

Andy Wetton – Labour Party

Mill Lane

Caroline Ann Ellos – Labour Party

Shirley Peters – The Conservative Party Candidate

Andrea Russell – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Netherfield

Timothy Peter Bower – The Conservative Party Candidate

David Hughes – Labour Party

Philip Shields – Independent

Newlands Forest Town

Pippa Clements – The Conservative Party Candidate

Andrew Shooter – Labour Party

Sid Walker – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Oak Tree

Gemma Canlin – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Paul Nigel Henshaw – Labour Party

Nick Marks – The Conservative Party Candidate

Milo Elijah Tooley-Okonkwo – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Oakham

Robert Philip Elliman – The Conservative Party Candidate

Stephen John North – Labour Party

Craig Sims – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Park Hall

Jacob Ki Thomas Denness – Labour Party

Dean Ellis – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Alice Mary Kurylo – The Conservative Party Candidate

Penniment

Adam Nigel Brailsford – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Stuart Richardson – Labour Party

Michael Roger Shilladay – The Conservative Party Candidate

David Smith – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Pleasley

Chris Clarke – Green Party

Sharron Hartshorn – Labour Party

Jak Daniel Shuttleworth – The Conservative Party Candidate

Brian Wheatcroft – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Racecourse

Steve Garner – Independent

Rob Kinton – Labour Party

Vicki Wright – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Rock Hill

Shaun Anthoney – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Mark Stephen Garner – Independent

Diana Camille McKenzie – Labour Party

Julie Robinson – The Conservative Party Candidate

Rufford

Barry Michael Answer – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Garry Cole – Labour Party

Gareth Corden – The Conservative Party Candidate

Shaun Dennis Thornton – Green Party

Sherwood

Alan Bell – Labour and Co-operative Party

Emma Camina – The Conservative Party Candidate

Teresa Hanstock – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Southwell

Elliott Marcus Brown – The Conservative Party Candidate

Charlotte Ruth Inkle – Labour Party

Craig Vernon – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Thompsons

Sinead Anne Anderson – The Conservative Party Candidate

Dennis Robinson – Labour Party

Roger Sutcliffe – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Vale

Jane Kathleen Beachus – Labour Party

Wendy Cook – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Gill Maharjan – Green Party

Michelle Patricia Swain – The Conservative Party Candidate

Wainwright

Lynn Henshaw – Labour Party

Ian Sheppard – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Beverley Smith – The Conservative Party Candidate

Warsop Carrs

Ben Bonser – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Andy Burgin – Labour Party

Robyn Hendley – Green Party

Barbara Henson – The Conservative Party Candidate

West Bank 

Ben Brown – The Conservative Party Candidate

Faz Choudhury – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

Sally Anne Higgins – Labour Party

Tony Jones – Reform UK

Yeoman Hill

Stuart Butler – Mansfield Independents – putting local residents first

John Coxhead – Labour Party

Andy Tyler – The Conservative Party Candidate