Who’s standing for Plymouth City Council? Full list revealed ahead of May elections

Hundreds of candidates will contest seats on Plymouth City Council when the city goes to the polls next month.

Polling stations across Plymouth will be open on Thursday, May 7, with voters choosing councillors in wards across the city.

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Elections will take place in a wide range of wards including Budshead, Compton, Devonport, Drake, Efford and Lipson, Eggbuckland, Ham, Honicknowle, Moor View, Peverell, Plympton Chaddlewood, Plympton St Mary, Plymstock Dunstone, Plymstock Radford, Southway, St Budeaux, St Peter and the Waterfront, Sutton and Mount Gould and Stoke.

Each ward will elect one councillor.

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Monday, April 20. 

Applications for postal votes must be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday, April 21, while the deadline to apply for a proxy vote is 5pm on Tuesday, April 28.

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on May 7, and voters attending in person will need to bring an accepted form of photographic ID.

Candidates from the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Reform UK are standing across the city, alongside independents and representatives from smaller parties including the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.

Contests are expected to take place in every ward.

The full list of candidates standing in each ward is as follows:

Budshead - Charlie Carson (Conservative), Nicola Cooke (Reform UK), Dave Downie (Independent), Hilary Fursdon (Green), Howard Simpson (Labour), Jim Spencer (Liberal Democrats)

Compton - Richard Bray (Liberal Democrats), James Chesson (Labour), Ellie Crockett (Green), Richard Evans (Conservative), Helen Kelly (Reform UK)

Devonport - Lesley Duncan (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Ian Fleming (Conservative), Alan Jagodzinski (Liberal Democrats), Simon Pannett (Green), Paul Rielly (Reform UK), David Rixon (Independent), Bill Stevens (Labour)

Drake - Saahi Aroori (Green), Tim Blazevic (Conservative), Edward Evans (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Mark Ingall (Liberal Democrats), Mark Ingrouille (Reform UK), Chelsea Shelton (Labour), Chaz Singh (Independent)

Efford and Lipson - Nik Brookson (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Pat Bushell (Green), Neil Hendy (Labour), Alex Primmer (Liberal Democrats), Chris Sharpe (Reform UK), Edmund Shillabeer (Conservative)

Eggbuckland - Dennis Draper (Liberal Democrats), Lorna Gaskin (Green), Paul Hagan (Reform UK), Kevin Neil (Independent), Seb Soper (Labour and Co-operative), Chip Tofan (Conservative)

Ham - Josh Ayres (Green), Charlotte Carlyle (Conservative), Stephen Hulme (Independent), Kara Odinsdottir (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Tim Parkin (Liberal Democrats), Ben Rowe (Reform UK), Tina Tuohy (Labour and Co-operative)

Honicknowle - Margaret Boadella (Conservative), Frank Hartkopf (Green), Shaun Hooper (Reform UK), Magda Janczak-Hogarth (Liberal Democrats), Tina Scott (Labour and Co-operative)

Moor View - Andrew Crumplin (Reform UK), Caroline Mills (Conservative), Aiden Nicholls (Green), Jacqui Spencer (Liberal Democrats), Andy White (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Nicky Williams (Labour)

Peverell - Stuart Bonar (Liberal Democrats), Nicholas Casley (Green), Jeremy Goslin (Labour), Luke Hudson (Reform UK), Alison Stallard (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Colin Wells (Conservative)

Plympton Chaddlewood - Ben Ferrier (Liberal Democrats), Ben Manning (Conservative), Chris Mavin (Labour), Zoe Reilly (Green), Angie Smith (Reform UK), Nicky Trevaskis (Independent)

Plympton St Mary - Maddi Bridgeman (Independent), Ioana-Cristina Draper (Liberal Democrats), Robin Furner (Green), Natalie Harrison (Conservative), Vanessa Tyler (Reform UK), Julia Wildman (Labour)

Plymstock Dunstone - Steven Guy (Liberal Democrats), Andy Lugger (Conservative), Sara O’Hanlon (Green), Alistair Philpot (Labour), Grace Stickland (Reform UK)

Plymstock Radford - Simon Adderley (Green), Elena Agapescu (Labour), Peter Gold (Reform UK), John Mahony (Conservative), Roy Plumley (Liberal Democrats)

Southway - Simon Batchelor (Liberal Democrats), Anthony Bligh (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Dan Browning (Green), Jon Dredge (Independent), Jean Hebson (Labour), John McCurdy (Conservative), Jacqueline Sansom (Reform UK)

St Budeaux - Jon Anderson (Green), Joanne Bowden (Labour), Mark Deacon (Conservative), Mark Hadfield (Reform UK)

St Peter and the Waterfront - Ryan Aldred (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Rachel Ali (Green), Benjamin Barton (Independent), Hugh Janes (Liberal Democrats), Kevin Kelway (Conservative), Alison Raynsford (Labour and Co-operative), Andy Rose (Reform UK)

Stoke - Tom Briars-Delve (Labour), Jacqui Cant (Independent), Jess Duffy (Green), Ehren Duke (Conservative), Helen Guy (Liberal Democrats), Alex Moore (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Nigel Theyer (Reform UK)

Sutton and Mount Gould - Mary Aspinall (Labour and Co-operative), Fleur Ball (Liberal Democrats), Lee Bunker (Reform UK), Byran Driver (Green)