Election 2019: Cheshire West and Chester councillor candidates revealed

All eyes will be on which way the electorate votes on Thursday, May 2, with Labour currently having 38 members to the Conservatives’ 35, while there are two independent members.

Labour and the Tories are putting candidates forward in every CWaC ward – while a raft of independent, Liberal Democrat and Green Party candidates are also hoping to shake-up the local authority.

Next month’s election will also be the first since CWaC’s electoral wards were changed, which could also play a part in changing the council’s make-up.

There will be five fewer councillors – 70 down from 75 – and 45 wards in total, with all but three having changed from the current wards, and one being removed.

However the results play out, there are bound to be a number of new faces, with nearly a third of existing councillors announcing they are not standing for re-election.

For more information on the election and the new-look wards, visit cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/election2019

Full list of candidates for Cheshire West and Chester Council’s May 2019 election:

Blacon – three councillors to be elected

Carol Margaret Gahan, Labour*

Maria Jombikova, Conservative

Sheila Little, Labour

John Charles Mawson, Conservative

Kris James Patterson, Liberal Democrats

Trish Richards, Labour

Richard Terence Short, Conservative

Diana Mary Wilderspin-Jones, Green Party

Central and Grange – two councillors to be elected

Rob Bisset, Labour*

Elizabeth Jewkes, Liberal Democrats

Andrew Wade Merrill, Conservative

Karen Louise Shore, Labour*

Lynn Turnbull, Conservative

Chester City and The Garden Quarter – three councillors to be elected

Ashley James Avery-Bennett, Conservative

Nicholas James Brown, Green Party

Terry Coe, independent

Martyn Delaney, Labour*

Samantha Kate Dixon, Labour*

Ian Hopkinson, Liberal Democrats

Chris Hughes, Conservative

Timothy Longman, Liberal Democrats

Amy Jo Mullis-Watkins, Liberal Democrats

Bob Rudd, Labour*

Mike Tomlinson, Conservative

Christleton and Huntington – two councillors to be elected

Robert Mark Hall-Jones, Liberal Democrats

Max Hudson, Labour

David Andrew Ross Jones, Green Party

Stuart Parker, Conservative*

Andy Price, Labour

Christopher John Ward, Liberal Democrats

Mark Graham Williams, Conservative*

Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead – two councillors to be elected

Lyndsay Barwell, Labour

Jo Conchie, Liberal Democrats

Simon Gerald McDonald, independent

Ian Molton, Labour

Elton Philip Watson, Conservative

Helen Catherine Weltman, Conservative*

Farndon – one councillor to be elected

Robert Murrin Bailey, Conservative

Patricia Anne Merrick, Labour*

Paul David Roberts, Liberal Democrats

Frodsham – two councillors to be elected

Judith Ann Critchley, independent

Andrew William Dawson, Conservative*

Michael John Garvey, Labour

Audrey Isobel Griffiths, Liberal Democrats

Michelle Parker, Labour

Mallie Poulton, independent

Lynn Riley, Conservative*

Ross Sibson, Liberal Democrats

Christine Mary Webber, Green Party

Gowy Rural – two councillors to be elected

Graham Robert Heatley, Conservative

John Joseph Heffernan, Labour

Glyn Jones, Liberal Democrats

Margaret Phyllis Parker, Conservative*

Jean Hardiman Smith, Labour

Jackie Tait, Green Party

Great Boughton – two councillors to be elected

Keith William Edward Board, Conservative*

Steve Collings, Labour

Charles William Henry Dodman, UKIP

Matthew Simon Dunford, Liberal Democrats

Gemma Macpherson, Green Party

Nala Rollo, Liberal Democrats

Ian John Francis Wade, Green Party

David Whitehead, Conservative

Sandra Patricia Worger, Labour

Handbridge Park – two councillors to be elected

Carol Anne Braithwaite, Liberal Democrats

Razia Daniels, Conservative*

Mat Roberts, Green Party

Lisa Rossetti, Labour

Jonathan Daniel Rule, Liberal Democrats

Neil Anthony Sullivan, Conservative*

Rhiannon Jade Taylor, Labour

Hartford and Greenbank – two councillors to be elected

Mungo Douglas Stapledon Reid Dalglish, Green Party

Phil Herbert, independent

Martin David Loftus, independent

Patricia Mary Parkes, Conservative*

Kevin William Rimmer, Labour

Mitch Rowley, Labour

Gaynor Jean Sinar, Conservative*

Helsby – one councillor to be elected

Paul Richard Bowers, Green Party

David Heath, Liberal Democrats

Nigel David James, Labour

Terry O’Neill, Conservative

Lache – one councillor to be elected

Val Armstrong, Labour*

Nicole Mary Fearon, Liberal Democrats

Jack Alex Jackson, Conservative

Ledsham and Manor – two councillors to be elected

Graham Handley, Liberal Democrat

Nic Hebson, Conservative

Francis Kwaku Kwateng, Conservative

Christine Veronica Williams Warner, Labour

Peter Joseph Wheeler, Labour

Little Neston – one councillor to be elected

Louise Clare Gittins, Labour*

Nigel Graham Jones, Conservative*

Rob Taylor, Liberal Democrat

Malpas – one councillor to be elected

Paula Irene D’Arcy, Labour

Charlie Higgie, independent

Rachel Marion Williams, Conservative

Marbury – three councillors to be elected

Sue Beesley, Green Party

Amy Barbara Elliot-Smith, Liberal Democrats

Lynn Joyce Gibbon, Conservative*

Phil Marshall, Conservative

Lee Paul McDonnell, Labour

Norman Geoffrey Wright, Conservative*

Neston – one councillor to be elected

Dominic Philip Thornill Roberts, Conservative

Andy Williams, Labour*

Netherpool – one councillor to be elected

Rosemarie Handley, Liberal Democrats

Diane Elizabeth Roberts, Labour*

Richard Thomas Soper, Conservative

Newton and Hoole – three councillors to be elected

Richard Mark Beacham, Labour*

Suzanne Booth, Conservative

Simon Ward Brown, Green Party

John Brian Ebo, independent

Ellie Hopgood, Liberal Democrats

Adam Langan, Labour

Noel Francis McGlinchey, Liberal Democrats

Kate Elizabeth Vaughan, Conservative

Gill Watson, Labour*

Mark Andrew Williams, Liberal Democrats

Rebecca Wimpey, Conservative

Northwich Leftwich – one councillor to be elected

Andrew Graham Cooper, Labour

Andrew Paul Hyde, Liberal Democrats

Linda Nelson, Conservative

Northwich Winnington and Castle – two councillors to be elected

Kate Cernik, Labour

Robert Joseph Cernik, Labour

Alice Philippa Chapman, Liberal Democrats

Kris Hinde, Conservative

Joanne Wright, Conservative

Northwich Witton – one councillor to be elected

Keith Hinde, Liberal Democrats

Alfred Milliken, Conservative

Sam Naylor, Labour*

Parkgate – one councillor to be elected

Martin Trevor Barker, independent*

Drew Bellis, Green Party

John Derry Lawrence Edwards, Liberal Democrats

John William Roach, Labour

Steve Wastell, Conservative

Rudheath – one councillor to be elected

Roy Graham Griffiths, Liberal Democrats

Helen Rowlands, Labour

Helen Treeby, Conservative

Sandstone – one councillor to be elected

Alexandra Dedman, Green Party

Hugo William Edward Deynhem, Conservative*

Julie Dilworth, Labour

Rob Verity, Liberal Democrats

Saughall and Mollington – one councillor to be elected

Sally Clare Atkin, Labour

Simon James Vernon Eardley, Conservative

Justin Charles David Pemberton, Liberal Democrats

Shakerley – one councillor to be elected

John David Harding, Liberal Democrats

Tony Lawrenson, Labour*

Mark Lister Stocks, Conservative*

Strawberry – one councillor to be elected

Gareth David Gould, Labour

John Barclay Turnbull, Conservative

Sutton Villages – two councillors to be elected

Brian Anderson, Conservative

Derek Harold Dickson, Conservative

Paul Francis Donovan, Labour*

Les Litwin, Liberal Democrats

Nicole Meardon, Labour*

Tarporley – one councillor to be elected

Nicholas Paul Blything, Conservative

Christopher George Theodore Copeman, Green Party

Eveleigh Hilda Moore Dutton, independent*

Ian Douglas Priestner, Liberal Democrats

David Raymond Southall, Labour

Tarvin and Kelsall – two councillors to be elected

Anna Elise Crowder, Green Party

John Michael Oliver Edwards, Liberal Democrats

Damon John Horrill, Labour

John Alfred Leather, Conservative*

Ted Lush, Liberal Democrats

Harry Tonge, Conservative*

Tattenhall – one councillor to be elected

Michael John Boxall, Green Party

Angie Chidley, Labour

Mike Jones, Conservative*

Vera Sandra Roberts, Liberal Democrats

Upton – two councillors to be elected

Matt Bryan, Labour*

Jean Elizabeth Evans, Liberal Democrats

Jill Houlbrook, Conservative*

Gary John Hulmes, Conservative

Chloe Rebecca Loseby, Labour

Alison Jane Samuel, UKIP

Frank Samuel, UKIP

Weaver and Cuddington – three councillors to be elected

Steve Donhue, Liberal Democrats

Gillian Edwards, independent

Martin England, Liberal Democrats

Charles Grant Fifield, Conservative*

John Alexander Gordon, Labour

Chris Perkes, Labour

Paul Williams, Conservative*

Adam Douglas Wordsworth, Conservative

Westminster – one councillor to be elected

Lisa Valerie Denson, Labour

Mark Andrew Hartley, The For Britain Movement

Graham Pritchard, Conservative

Whitby Groves – one councillor to be elected

Brian Jones, Labour*

Nick Lacey, Conservative

Whitby Park – one councillor to be elected

Linda Ellen Cooper, Conservative

Kurt Frederick Jewkes, Liberal Democrats

Peter Anthony Rooney, Labour*

Willaston and Thornton – one councillor to be elected

Matthew Bracken, Labour

Myles Hogg, Conservative*

Winsford Dene – one councillor to be elected

Mandy Clare, Labour

Alisa Louise Gaskill-Jones, Liberal Democrats

Andrew David Mann, UKIP

Liz Porritt, Conservative

Winsford Gravel – one councillor to be elected

Paul Carter, Liberal Democrats

Saundra Edith Alice Middleton, Conservative

Joanne Elizabeth Moorcroft, Labour

Winsford Over and Verdin – three councillors to be elected

Bob Barton, Liberal Democrats

Mike Baynham, Conservative*

Tommy Blackmore, Labour*

Gina Lewis, Labour

Brandon Parkey, Liberal Democrats

Charlie Parkinson, Liberal Democrats

Christopher Simon Payne, Green Party

James Joseph Pearson, Conservative*

David William Snowdon Stearne, Labour

David Thomas, Conservative

Winsford Swanlow – one councillor to be elected

Stephen Burns, Labour*

Mal Gaskill, Liberal Democrats

Shaun Vincent Hopkins, Conservative

Winsford Wharton – one councillor to be elected

David Scott McNeilage, Conservative

Nathan Pardoe, Labour

Bev Theron, Liberal Democrats

Wolverham – one councillor to be elected

Michael Edwardson, Labour*

Gordan Douglas Grant Meldrum, Conservative

* denotes current CWaC member, not necessarily in same ward

Current councillors not seeking re-election next month:

Gareth Anderson, Conservative, Ledsham and Manor

David Armstrong, Labour, Winsford Swanlow and Dene

Don Beckett, Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin

Alex Black, Labour, Hoole

Pam Booher, Labour, Winsford Wharton

Brian Clarke, Labour, Winsford Wharton

Angela Claydon, Labour, St Paul’s

Jess Crook, Labour, Ellesmere Port Town

Brian Crowe, Conservative, Saughall and Mollington

Paul Dolan, Labour, Winnington and Castle

Howard Greenwood, Conservative, Farndon

Pamela Hall, Conservative, Great Boughton

Don Hammond, Conservative, Marbury

Eleanor Johnson, Conservative, Gowy

Susan Kaur, Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank

Mark Henesy, Labour, Strawberry

Alan McKie, Conservative, Helsby

Jane Mercer, Labour, Lache

Marie Nelson, Labour, Blacon

Ralph Oultram, Conservative, Kingsley

Ben Powell, Labour, Blacon

Tony Sherlock, Labour, Grange

Stephen Smith, Labour, Elton

Chris Whitehurst, Conservative, Malpas