Exeter election candidates announced

17 seats up for grabs

The full list of candidates has been revealed for next month’s Exeter City Council elections.

A third of the council’s 39 seats are up for grabs in the poll on Thursday, 5 May – in line with the usual cycle – as well as four extra seats because of vacancies.

It means that voters in Exwick, Heavitree, Pennsylvania and Priory will be able to elect two councillors. The winners will get the usual four-year term, while the runners-up will get reduced one or two-year terms.

Ahead of the vote, the council’s current makeup consists of Labour (24), Conservatives (6), Green (2), Liberal Democrats (2), Independent (1) and four vacant seats. The vacancies are due to three resignations and the death of deputy lord mayor Ian Quance last month.

If the seats up for election in May are removed from those figures, the new council political make-up starts with Labour with 14 councillors, the Conservatives four, Greens two, and one Liberal Democrat and one independents councillor.

Labour will therefore need to win at least six seats of the 17 seats being contested to maintain overall control. The Tories could take charge at the civic centre if they were to win 16.

Labour, the Conservatives and the Greens will be contesting every seat on polling day, as will the Liberal Democrats apart from in St Loyes. Also standing for election are three candidates from the For Britain Movement and one independent.

Only one existing councillor, Labour’s Luke Sills (St Davids), will not be seeking re-election, while Jane Begley (Labour) is looking to switch seats from Pennsylvania to St Loyes.

LIST OF CANDIDATES (* indicates sitting councillor)

ALPHINGTON

Andrew Bell (Green)
Bob Foale (Labour) *
John Harvey (Conservatives)
Rod Ruffle (Liberal Democrats)

DURYARD AND ST JAMES

Harry Johnson-Hill (Conservatives)
Johanna Korndorfer (Green)
Kevin Mitchell (Liberal Democrats) *
Sue Temple (Labour)

EXWICK (Two seats available – runner-up gets one-year term)

Henry Clement-Jones (Conservatives)
Joanne Giencke (Liberal Democrats)
Paul Knott (Labour)
Kayleigh Luscombe (Conservatives)
Frankie Rufulo (For Britain Movement)
Mark Shorto (Green)
Maya Skelton (Liberal Democrats)
Alex Stephan (Green)
Rachel Sutton (Labour) *

HEAVITREE (Two seats available – runner-up gets one-year term)

Carol Bennett (Green)
Philip Brock (Liberal Democrats)
Alfie Carlisle (Conservatives)
Julian Gallie (Conservatives)
Kris Mears (Liberal Democrats)
Susannah Patrick (Labour)
Catherine Rees (Green)
Greg Sheldon (Labour) *

MINCINGLAKE AND WHIPTON

Naima Allcock (Labour) *
Jack Barwell (Conservatives)
Michael Payne (Liberal Democrats)
Lizzie Woodman (Green)

NEWTON AND ST LEONARDS

Aric Gilinsky (Conservatives)
Lily James (Liberal Democrats)
Andy Ketchin (Green)
Matthew Vizard (Labour) *

PENNSYLVANIA (Two seats available – runner-up gets one-year term)

Will Aczel (Liberal Democrats)
Samuel Brooks (Conservatives)
Jack Eade (Green)
David Moore (Conservatives)
Josie Parkhouse (Labour)
Martyn Snow (Labour)
Jack Vickers (Green)
Nigel Williams (Liberal Democrats)

PINHOE

Christine Campion (Liberal Democrats)
Caryl Rowlinson (Green)
Cynthia Thompson (Conservatives)
Duncan Wood (Labour) *

PRIORY (Two seats available – runner-up gets two-year term)

Marina Asvachin (Labour)
David Barker-Hahlo (Green)
Ben Hawkes (Conservatives)
Michael Kerr (Green)
Alison Sheridan (Conservatives)
Philip Thomas (Liberal Democrats)
Tony Wardle (Labour) *

ST THOMAS

Ashley Carr (Conservatives)
Adrian Fullam (Liberal Democrats)
Paul Mouland (Independent)
Chris Stone (For Britain Movement)
Prina Sumaria (Green)
Laura Wright (Labour) *

ST DAVIDS

Edward Barradell (Conservatives)
Jakir Hussain (Labour)
Tess Read (Green)
Andrew Soper (Liberal Democrats)

ST LOYES

Jane Begley (Labour)
Peter Holland (Conservatives) *
Ann Keen (Green)

TOPSHAM

Eric Bransden (For Britain Movement)
Joshua Ellis-Jones (Labour)
Jonathan Mills (Green)
Keith Sparkes (Conservatives) *