Candidates Announced for Parliamentary and Local Elections in Chesterfield

The candidates for the Parliamentary and local elections in Chesterfield have now been announced.

Chesterfield Parliamentary Election

The following candidates are confirmed as standing in the Chesterfield constituency in the general election on Thursday 7 May:

• Julia Dawn Cambridge (LD)
• Matthew James Genn (Green)
• Tommy Holgate (Peace)
• Toby Perkins (Lab)
• Mark Richard Egner Vivis (Con)
• Matt Whale (TUSC)
• Stuart David Yeowart (UKIP)

Most people in the Chesterfield borough will vote to elect the MP for Chesterfield. However, voters in the Barrow Hill and New Whittington ward and the Lowgates and Woodthorpe ward fall within the North East Derbyshire constituency, so they will vote to elect the MP for that area.

Polls are open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 7 May.

Votes for the Chesterfield constituency will be counted at the Queen’s Park Sports Centre, Boythorpe Road, Chesterfield after the polls close at 10pm on Thursday 7 May. The result is anticipated between 2am and 3am.

Chesterfield Borough Council elections

Elections to Chesterfield Borough Council will be held on Thursday 7 May.

All 48 seats on the council across 19 wards are up for election.

Listed below are the candidates standing in each ward.

Barrow Hill and New Whittington ward – three seats

• Phillip Bailey (Ind)
• Joanne Iris Barnett (Lab)
• Richard Bexton (UKIP)
• Barry Bingham (LD)
• Jane Stephanie Collins (LD)
• Lisa-Marie Derbyshire (Lab)
• Susan Gibbons (Con)
• Christopher Kevin Edward Heels (UKIP)
• Andy Jakins (LD)
• Shelton Joseph Mann (Ind)
• Sissy McMahon (Ind)
• Lewis Mark Preston (Con)
• Linda Rowley (Con)
• Paul Christopher Stone (UKIP)
• Marion Thorpe (Lab)
• Matt Whale (TUSC).

Brimington North ward – two seats

• John Burrows (Lab)
• Jolyon James Favreau (LD)
• Terry Frank Gilby (Lab)
• Richard Gingell (Con)
• Harry Edward Holloway (LD).

Brimington South ward – three seats

• Andy Bellamy (Lab)
• Ian William Callan (Lab)
• Joanne Favreau (LD)
• Paul Gibbons (Con)
• Tricia Gilby (Lab)
• Keith Doran Shutler (LD).

Brockwell ward – three seats

• Steve Brunt (Lab)
• Maureen Davenport (LD)
• John Anthony Dickinson (Lab)
• Jill Mannion-Brunt (Lab)
• Ray Russell (LD)
• Chris Slack (LD)
• Simon John Temperton (Con)
• Stuart David Yeowart (UKIP).

Dunston ward – three seats

• Sue Christopher (LD)
• Lee Anthony Cooper (UKIP)
• Sarah Hollingworth (Lab)
• Alexander Joseff Millward (UKIP)
• Patrick Proctor (LD)
• Mark David Rayner (Lab)
• Gordon Simmons (Lab)
• Irene Wilkinson (Con).

Hasland ward – three seats

• Mick Brady (Lab)
• Steve Cadywould (LD)
• Lorna Hall (LD)
• Andrew Hollyer (LD)
• Amanda Jayne Serjeant (Lab)
• Andy Slack (Lab)
• Anne Margaret Sterland (Con).

Hollingwood and Inkersall ward – three seats

• Mick Bagshaw (Ind)
• Barry Dyke (Lab)
• Helen Ann Elliott (Lab)
• Claire Gratton (LD)
• Anthony Hill (Lab)
• Andrew Jervis (Con)
• Paul Alan Mann (Ind)
• Ruth Marina Perry (Ind).

Holmebrook ward – two seats

• Glenys Falconer (LD)
• Keith Falconer (LD)
• Stephen Paul Hitchin (Lab)
• Tommy Holgate (Peace)
• Suzie Perkins (Lab)
• Annetta Jean Woodhead (Con).

Linacre ward – two seats

• Jeannie Barr (LD)
• Peter Ian Barr (LD)
• Sharon Buxton (UKIP)
• Ian Leslie Jerram (UKIP)
• Andrew Oakley (Lab)
• Diane Marie Oakley (Lab)
• Gordon Franklin Partington (Con).

Loundsley Green ward – two seats

• Christopher John Patrick Beirne (LD)
• Kevin John Maher (LD)
• Terry McMahon (Ind)
• Avis Joan Murphy (Lab)
• Luigi Postiglione (Ind)
• Mick Wall (Lab)
• Richard Frederick Woodhead (Con).

Lowgates and Woodthorpe ward – two seats

• Christopher Robert Austin (Con)
• Dean Collins (Lab)
• Lisa Kelly Collins (Lab)
• Joe Mann (Ind)
• Michelle Joan Mann (Ind)
• Malcolm Benjamin Rowley (Con).

Middlecroft and Poolsbrook ward – two seats

• Alice Georgina Blyth (LD)
• Chris Ludlow (Lab)
• Margaret Ann Moss (Con)
• Donald Parsons (Lab).

Moor ward – two seats

• Sonia Marie Allen (LD)
• Keith Brown (Lab)
• Kate Caulfield (Lab)
• Lisa Kate Gingell (Con)
• Tony Rogers (LD).

Old Whittington ward – two seats

• Norman Andrews (Con)
• Joan Bentley (UKIP)
• Laura Bentley (UKIP)
• Jean Mary Innes (Lab)
• Peter Innes (Lab)
• John Arthur Rimington (LD)
• Sean Vickers (TUSC).

Rother ward – three seats

• Clive Archer (LD)
• Stuart Brittain (Lab)
• Jenny Flood (Lab)
• Stella Louise Hunt (Con)
• Keith Miles (Lab)
• Lisa Danielle Pritchard (TUSC)
• Carl Walters (UKIP).

St Helen’s ward – two seats

• Helen Claire Bagley (Lab)
• Fran Lomas (UKIP)
• Keith Lomas (UKIP)
• Daniel Wayne Marshall (LD)
• Tom Murphy (Lab)
• Michelle Elizabeth Stevenson-Briggs (LD)
• Jonathan James Wilkinson (Con).

St Leonard’s ward – three seats

• Sharon Lesley Blank (Lab)
• Maggie Cannon (LD)
• Shelley Dale (Con)
• Ken Huckle (Lab)
• Yvette Denise Nicole Marsden (LD)
• Adrian Mather (Ind)
• Kate Sarvent (Lab).

Walton ward – three seats

• Graham Frederick Barnett (Lab)
• Helen Blair (Lab)
• Paul Dale (Con)
• Alexis Saliou Diouf (LD)
• Vickey Diouf (LD)
• James Liam Hunt (Con)
• Gordon Alexander McLaren (Lab)
• Nick Redihough (LD)
• Bentley Strafford-Stephenson (Con)

West ward – three seats

• Howard Borrell (LD)
• John David Lee Boult (Con)
• Ray Catt (Lab)
• Rod Harrison (UKIP)
• Marcus Stanton Linsey (Con)
• Paul Adam Niblock (LD)
• Shirley Anne Niblock (LD)
• Paul Packham (TUSC)
• Rachel Rush (Lab)
• Nigel Robert Sterland (Con)
• Sharon Wall (Lab)
• Robert Christopher Warwick (UKIP).

Polls are open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 7 May.

Votes for the Chesterfield Borough Council elections will be counted at the Queen’s Park Sports Centre, Boythorpe Road, Chesterfield, from 11am on Friday 8 May. The first results are expected around noon, with the final results expected by 2pm.

Sixteen current councillors have decided not to stand for re-election. These are:

• Councillor David Stone (Barrow Hill and New Whittington ward)
• Councillor Julie Lowe (Brimington South ward)
• Councillor Bob Gibson (Brockwell ward)
• Councillor Dave Allen (Hasland ward)
• Councillor Martin Stone (Holmebrook ward)
• Councillor Mark Higinbottom (Linacre ward)
• Councillor Michael Fanshawe (Loundsley Green ward)
• Councillor Vicki Lang (Lowgates and Woodthorpe ward)
• Councillor Jim McManus (Lowgates and Woodthorpe ward)
• Councillor Graham King (Moor ward)
• Councillor Neil Rayner (Old Whittington ward)
• Councillor Steward Bradford (Rother ward)
• Councillor Linda Clarke (St Leonard’s ward)
• Councillor Chris Collard (Walton ward)
• Councillor Keith Morgan (Walton ward)
• Councillor Denise Hawksworth (West ward).

Key:

Key:

Con = Conservative Party

Green = Green Party

Lab = Labour Party

LD = Liberal Democrats

Peace = Peace Party

TUSC = Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

UKIP = United Kingdom Independence Party.