ELECTION 2015: Candidates for Rotherham Council announced

ALL EYES will be on Magna next month as Rotherham’s political scene is due to another shake-up - and here are the candidates vying for election.

ALL EYES will be on Magna next month as Rotherham’s political scene is due to undergo another shake-up.

Twenty-two council seats are up for grabs — one for each ward and an extra spot to replace resigned former Cabinet member Mahroof Hussain — on May 7

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UKIP will be bidding to increase their current showing of ten seats with candidates in each ward, while Labour’s representatives include established figures and newcomers.

Other parties represented include the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Greens and Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts.

Anston and Woodsetts

David Foulstone (Green)

Bernard Froggatt (UKIP)

John Ireland (Independent)

Nichola Richardson (Conservative)

Robert Taylor (Labour)

Boston Castle (two seats)

Saghir Alam (Labour)

Christopher Bingham (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts)

Mohammed Ilyas (Liberal Democrats)

Christian Kramer (Conservative)

Lisa Raby (UKIP)

Peter Short (UKIP)

Taiba Yaseen (Labour)

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Omar Mehban (Conservative)

Andy Roddison (Labour)

Ian Saunderson (UKIP)

Dinnington

Shaun Grice (UKIP)

Wendy Hamilton (Green)

Peter Higgins (Conservative)

Jeanette Mallinder (Labour)

Dave Smith (Independent)

Hellaby

Jenny Andrews (Labour)

Shaun Barratt (Independent)

Richard Fleming (UKIP)

Anne Middleton (Conservative)

Holderness

Helen Greer-Waring (Green)

John Jenkins (UKIP)

Michael Naughton (Conservative)

Lyndsay Pitchley (Labour)

Michael Senior (Independent)

Hoober

Jane Hamilton (Labour)

Sandra Horridge (UKIP)

Steven Scutt (Liberal Democrats)

Brian Taylor (Conservative)

Keppel

Neil Adshead (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts)

Paul Hague (UKIP)

Barry Kaye (Labour)

Kenneth Marshall (Conservative)

Janice Middleton (Liberal Democrats)

Maltby

Christine Beaumont (Labour)

Michael Conlon (Independent)

Roger Jarvis (UKIP)

Jane Salt (Conservative Party)

Rawmarsh

Simon Evans (Labour)

Alan Napper (UKIP)

Jo Taylor (Conservative)

Rother Vale

Darren Hughes (Labour)

William Salt (Conservative)

Robert Webster (UKIP)

Rotherham East

Tajamal Khan (Labour)

Marilyn Marshall (Conservative)

Richard Penycate (Green)

Leah Webster (UKIP)

Rotherham West

Ruth Highfield (Conservative)

Ian Jones (Labour)

Steve Webster (UKIP)

Silverwood

Denise Hall (Conservative)

Melissa Owen (UKIP)

Jon Rosling (Labour)

Sitwell

Haroon Rashid (Labour)

Julie Turner (UKIP)

Adam Walker (Conservative)

Swinton

Darren Corbett (UKIP)

Stephen Jones (Conservative)

Eve Rose (Labour)

Valley

Brian Cutts (UKIP)

Anthony Kavanagh (Conservative)

Dave Pickering (Labour)

Wales

Dominic Beck (Labour)

John Cox (Conservative)

Dennis Flynn (UKIP)

Paul Martin (Green)

Wath

Brian Bailey (UKIP)

Jayne Elliott (Labour)

Lissa Higgins (Conservative)

Ann Roche (Green)

Keith Roper (Independent)

Wickersley

Thomas Angel (Conservative)

Les Hince (UKIP)

Chris Read (Labour)

Wingfield

Rob Elliott (UKIP)

Richard Price (Labour)

Ben Waters (Conservative)

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