Local Elections 2023 – Bath and North East Somerset

Councillors not seeking re-election:

  • Liberal Democrat – Shelley Bromley (Weston), Neil Butters (Bathavon South), Sue Craig (Kingsmead), Gerry Curran (Combe Down), Tom Davies (Walcot, Cabinet Member), Winston Duguid (Widcombe and Lyncombe), Andy Furse (Kingsmead), Mark Roper (Newbridge, Cabinet Member), Richard Samuel (Walcot, Deputy Leader), Alastair Singleton (Saltford), Ryan Wills (High Littleton)
  • Conservative – Vic Clarke (Keynsham North), Sally Davis (Clutton and Farmborough), Lisa O’Brien (Keynsham South), Chris Watt (Midsomer Norton Redfield)
  • Independent – Sarah Bevan (Peasedown), Paul Myers (Midsomer Norton Redfield) and Douglas Deacon (Timsbury)

Councillors transferring seats:

  • Michael Evans (Con) – currently councillor for Midsomer Norton North, standing for election in Westfield
  • Shaun Stephenson-McGall (LD) – currently councillor for Oldfield Park, standing for election in Timsbury

Councillors standing in same seat:

  • Liberal Democrats – Rob Appleyard (Lambridge), Tim Ball (Twerton), Alison Born (Widcombe and Lyncombe), Paul Crossley (Southdown), Jess David (Moorlands), Mark Elliott (Lansdown), Kevin Guy (Bathavon North), Steve Hedges (Odd Down), Lucy Hodge (Lansdown), Duncan Hounsell (Saltford), Yukteshwar Kumar (Bathwick), Hal MacFie (Keynsham East), Ruth Malloy (Weston), Paul May (Publow and Whitchurch), Matt McCabe (Bathavon South), Sarah Moore (Twerton), Michelle O’Doherty (Newbridge), Bharat Pankhania (Combe Down), Manda Rigby (Bathwick), Dine Romero (Southdown), Bruce Shearn (Radstock), Andy Wait (Keynsham East), Sarah Warren (Bathavon North), David Wood (Mendip)
  • Conservative – Alan Hale (Keynsham South), Vic Pritchard (Chew Valley), Brian Simmons (Keynsham North), Karen Warrington (Chew Valley)
  • Labour – Chris Dando (Radstock), Liz Hardman (Paulton), Eleanor Jackson (Westfield), Grant Johnson (Paulton), Robin Moss (Westfield)
  • Green – Joanna Wright (Lambridge)
  • Independent – Colin Blackburn (Westmoreland), Shaun Hughes (Midsomer Norton North), June Player (Westmoreland), Karen Walker (Peasedown)

Former councillors seeking re-election:

  • Patrick Anketell-Jones (Con) – standing in Kingsmead, previously councillor for Lansdown 2011-2019
  • Bob Goodman (Con) – standing in Combe Down, previously councillor for Combe Down 2015-2019
  • Deirdre Horstmann (Con) – standing in Paulton, previously councillor for Radstock 2015-2019
  • Les Kew (Con) – standing in Midsomer Norton North, previously councillor for High Littleton 1999-2019
  • Martin Veal (Con) – standing in Bathavon North, previously councillor for Bathavon North 2003-2019
  • Tim Warren (Con) – standing in Midsomer Norton Redfield, previously councillor for Mendip 2003-2019

NOTES

  • Paul May is standing again in Publow and Whitchurch. He was elected as a Conservative but defected to the Liberal Democrats in September 2022.
  • Joanna Wright is standing again in Lambridge. She was elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Greens in June 2021.

Published by Andrew Robinson

Andrew Robinson has been reporting on news in Warminster and the surrounding area for more than a decade. He hosts Community Chest on Warminster Community Radio each Saturday morning from 9am to 12 noon.

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