May 2010 local election candidates

Fifty-eight candidates will be contesting 20 seats at Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections on Thursday 6 May. The Council has 53 seats in total.

The list of wards and candidates follows and existing councillors fighting their seats are in italics:

Alcester - Barry Doherty (Lab), Yvonne Hine (Cons), Susan Juned (Lib Dem),

Bidford & Salford - Michael Atkins (Ind), Maurice Howse (Cons), Daren Pemberton (Lib Dem), Matthew Stephens (Lab), Karen Varga (Green)

Brailes - Laura Nelson (Lib Dem), Philip Seccombe (Cons)

Harbury - Richard Hamburger (Cons), Richard Tonge (Lib Dem)

Henley (by-election) - John Hartigan (Lab), Jem Jones (Cons), Karyl Rees (Lib Dem)

Kinwarton - Mike Gittus (Cons), Jeffrey Kenner (Lab), Nina Knapman (Lib Dem)

Long Compton - Stephen Gray (Cons), Ginny Mason (Lib Dem)

Long Itchington - Michael Pugh (Lib Dem), Bob Stevens (Cons)

Quinton - Mike Brain (Cons), Jeffery Dench (Lib Dem)

Sambourne - Justin Kerridge (Cons), Clive Rickhards (Lib Dem)

Shipston (by-election) - Christopher Aston (Lab), Robert Ballantyne (Green), Clive Smithard (Cons), Philip Vial (Lib Dem)

Snitterfield -  Helen Hayter (Cons), John Insoll (Lib Dem)

Southam - Jennie Ellard (Cons), Helena Knight (Lib Dem), Peter Thomas (Lab)

Stratford Alveston - Stuart Beese (Cons), Michael Crutchley (Ind), Ian Fradgley (Lib Dem), Samuel Hargreaves (Lab)

Stratford Avenue and New Town - Ian Hurst (Cons), Juliet Short (Ind), Clive Thomas (Lib Dem), Stephen Troup (Lab)

Stratford Guild and Hathaway - Hugh Chatwin (Green), Irving David (Cons), Jenny Fradgley (Lib Dem), Bill Lowe (Ind), David Talbot (Lab)

Studley - Jacqueline Abbott (Lab), Bill McCarthy (Cons), Hazel Wright (Lib Dem)

Tanworth - Eric Holder (Lib Dem), Peter Oakley (Cons)

Vale of the Red Horse - Kenneth Osborne (Lib Dem), Gill Roache (Cons)

Wellesbourne - Danny Kendall (Cons), Jessica Pinson (Green), Roger Wright (Ind)

Polling on 6 May will be carried out at over 100 stations around the District, with hours of polling being 7.00am to 10.00pm.  

The current political standings of the Council's 53 seats are: Conservatives - 29 seats; Liberal Democrats - 19 seats; Independents - 3 seats and 2 vacant seats.

Please note candidates still have until 12noon on Tuesday 13 April to withdrawl.