The list of candidates standing in next month’s Exmouth Town Council election has been published.
The election will be held on May 7. Nominations closed yesterday (April 9).
Five seats on the council are available from each ward, making a total of 25.
The list of candidates, published by East Devon District Council this morning (Friday), is as follows:
Brixington Ward
David Chapman – Conservative
Maddy Chapman – Conservative
Brian Cole – Conservative
Andrew Colman – Liberal Democrats
Stuart Fegan – Labour
Ian Kirvan – Independent
Cherry Nicholas – Conservative
Derek Powley – Liberal Democrats
Andrew Toye – Liberal Democrats
Jeff Trail – Conservative
Halsdon Ward
Fred Caygill – Conservative
Oliver Davey – Green
Bruce De Saram – Conservative
Tim Dumper – Liberal Democrats
Lynne Elson – Conservative
Emma Gibbons – Conservative
Thomas Payne – Liberal Democrats
Pauline Stott – Conservative
Marilyn Toye – Liberal Democrats
Town Ward
Terry Darville – Conservative
Ray Davison – Labour
Daphne Fensom – Liberal Democrats
Clare Gough – Liberal Democrats
Pat Graham – Liberal Democrats
Anthony Hill – Conservative
Robert Masding – Green
Dawn Maxted – Liberal Democrats
Geoff Morris – Local People and Local Businesses
Lesley Waller – Liberal Democrats
Timothy Wood – Conservative
Withycombe Raleigh Ward
Brian Bailey – Conservative
Glenn Follett – Conservative
Steve Gazzard – Liberal Democrats
Richard Scott – Conservative
Brenda Taylor – Liberal Democrats
Brian Toye – Liberal Democrats
Ryan Youle - Conservative
In the Exmouth Littleham ward, the number of candidates did not exceed the number of seats, so the election is uncontested, and the following candidates will be automatically elected to the council.
Paul Dean – Conservative
Alison Greenhalgh – Conservative
John Humphreys – Conservative
Bill Nash – Conservative
Mark Williamson - Conservative
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