Candidates standing in East Devon elections

60 seats are up for grabs

The candidates for May’s local elections in East Devon have been revealed.

Sixty seats are to be contested by 134 candidates in 30 wards. Nearly 40 current councillors are entering the battle.

The council’s Independent leader Cllr Paul Arnott will stand as a Liberal Democrat, along with fellow cabinet members Nick Hookway, Geoff Jung and Marianne Rixson.

Conservative opposition leader Philip Skinner is standing once more – one of 53 Conservative members to contest these elections.

Seven Greens, 34 Liberal Democrats, one Liberal, six Labour, three Labour and co-operative, and 27 Independent politicians are vying to either keep or take a seat next month. A further two are not aligned to a political party.

Here are the confirmed candidates in East Devon on Thursday 4 May:

Axminster (3 seats):

Candidate    Party
Ian Hall    Conservative
Paul Hayward    Independent
Steve Holt    Conservative
Sarah Jackson    Independent
Gillian Jordan    Liberal Democrat
Simon Smith    Independent
Jeremy Walder    Labour
David Willey    Conservative
Beer and Branscombe (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Peter Burrows    Liberal Democrat
Maria Hall    Conservative
John Heath    Independent
Broadclyst (3 seats):

Candidate    Party
Keith Bickers    Conservative
Sarah Chamberlain    Liberal Democrat
Jane Chanot    Independent
Paula Fernley    Green
Katie Jones    Liberal Democrat
Eleanor Rylance    Liberal Democrat
Colin Trudgeon    Conservative
Budleigh & Raleigh Ward (3 Seats):

Candidate    Party
Catriona Cunningham    Liberal Democrat
Jed Falby    Liberal Democrat
Charlotte Fitzgerald    Independent
Patsy Hayman    Conservative
Penny Lewis    Liberal Democrat
Melanie Martin    Independent
Henry Riddell    Conservative
David Walsh    Conservative
Clyst Valley (1 seat):

Candidate    Party
Will French    Conservative
Mike Howe    Independent
Adrian Lock    Liberal Democrat
Coly Valley (2 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Paul Arnott    Liberal Democrat
Helen Parr    Conservative
John Tristam    Conservative
Cranbrook (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Kevin Blakey    Independent
Kim Bloxham    Independent
Alexandra Croft    Conservative
Lisa Goudie    Heritage
Sam Hawkins    Independent
Rebecca Lipscombe    Liberal Democrat
Barry Rodgers    Conservative
Vincent Wilton    Independent
Dunkeswell & Otterhead (2 Seats): 

Candidate    Party
Colin Brown    Conservative
Gary Burford    Independent
Yehudi Levine    Liberal Democrat
Ian Morgan    Conservative
Ollie Tucker    Labour and Co-operative
Exe Valley (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Jamie Kemp    Liberal Democrat
Kevin Wraight    Conservative
Exmouth Brixington (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Aurora Bailey    Independent
Fred Caygill    Conservative
Maddy Chapman    Conservative
Andrew Colman    Liberal Democrat
Ian Kirvan    Ian Kirvan
Malcolm Marrett    Green
Cherry Nicholas    Conservative
Jamie Wickenden    Labour
Exmouth Halsdon (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Tim Dumper    Liberal Democrat
Richard Parr    Conservative
Pauline Stott    Conservative
Andrew Toye    Liberal Democrat
Daniel Wilson    Labour
Exmouth Littleham (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Brian Bailey    Conservative
Anne Hall    Liberal Democrat
Nick Hookway    Liberal Democrat
Oliver Kerr    Conservative
David Poor    Liberal Democrat
Mike Rosser    Green
Exmouth Town (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Olly Davey    Green
Dominic Nancekievill    Conservative
Joe Whibley    Independent
Sylvia Wills    Conservative
Eileen Wragg    Liberal Democrat
Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh (2 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Josh Donald    Conservative
Steve Gazzard    Liberal Democrat
Matt Hall    Liberal Democrat
Brian Richards    Conservative
Andrew Woodward    Labour
Feniton (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Alasdair Bruce    Conservative
Jane Collins    Green
Honiton St Michael’s (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Violet Bonetta    Labour
Jenny Brown    Conservative
Paul Carter    Conservative
Roy Collins    Liberal
Brice Cornelius    Conservative
Joanne Fotheringham    Independent
Nicholas Ingham    Independent
Honiton St Paul’s (2 seats):

Candidate    Party
Tony McCollum    Independent
John O’Leary    Conservative
Andrew Pearsall    Conservative
John Taylor    Non-aligned
Newbridges (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Iain Chubb    Conservative
Clara Douglas    Labour and Co-Operative
Veronica Dower    Liberal Democrat
Newton Poppleford and Harpford (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Christopher Burhop    Independent
Josh Harrison    Conservative
Ottery St Mary (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Jamie Aylward    Liberal Democrat
Bethany Collins    Labour
Peter Faithfull    Independent
Charlie Hobson    Conservative
Mohammed Sarul Islam    Conservative
Mohammed Zayan Islam    Conservative
Vicky Johns    Independent
Graham Woolnough    Liberal Democrat
Seaton (3 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Honey Barlow Marshall    Labour Co-operative
Del Haggarty    Conservative
Marcus Hartnell    Conservative
Steve Hunt    Liberal Democrat
Dan Ledger    Independent
Sidmouth Rural (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
John Loudoun    Independent
Christina Richards    Conservative
Sidmouth Sidford (3 seats): 

Conservative    Party
Lisa Garner    Liberal Democrat
Mike Goodman    Conservative
Stuart Hughes    Conservative
Marianne Rixson    Liberal Democrat
Sidmouth Town (2 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Ian Barlow    Independent
Denis Bickley    Independent
Sophie Richards    Conservative
John Zarczynski    Conservative
Tale Vale (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Richard Jefferies    Liberal Democrat
Philip Skinner    Conservative
Trinity (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Andy Turner    Conservative
Susan Westerman    Liberal Democrat
West Hill and Aylesbeare (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Jess Bailey    Independent
Iain Fairbairn    Liberal Democrat
Alan Richardson    Conservative
Whimple and Rockbeare (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Richard Lawrence    Conservative
Olive Todd    Liberal Democrat
Woodbury and Lympstone (2 seats): 

Candidate    Party
Amanda Ford    Non-aligned
Ben Ingham    Conservative
Geoff Jung    Liberal Democrat
Cheryl McGauley    Conservative
Alex Taylor    Green
Yarty (1 seat): 

Candidate    Party
Duncan Mackinder    Liberal Democrat
Richard Norman    Conservative
Duncan Staddon    Green