Rotherham Borough Council elections: list of candidates

Elections will be contested for parish councils in Anston, Aston, Orgreave, Thorpe Salvin, Thurcroft, Ulley and Wales.

And Dinnington and Maltby town council hopefuls will also go to the ballots on May 5.

The village of Hellaby will elect its first ever parish council after it successfully broke away from Bramley under the parish boundary review, started in 2007.

Full list of candidates. Click here.

In Aston, a new group—the Aston-cum-Aughton Independents—is looking to disrupt the Labour grip on the parish council.

A mediation report last summer concluded that next month’s election was the best chance of calming the long-running conflict on Maltby Town Council.

In total, 301 candidates have applied for 287 seats on Rotherham’s 27 town and parish councils.

May 5 will also see the UK decide whether to change the voting system used to elect MPs from the first-past-the-post system to the alternative vote, where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

Anston and Woodsetts: Judy Dalton (Labour), Simon Edmundson (Conservative), David Foulstone (Green), Denise Hickson (UKIP), Clive Jepson (Independent), Stuart Thornton (Independent).

Boston Castle: Chris Bingham (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts), Ashiq Hussain (Conservative), Eric Shaw (Lib Dem), Harry Woffenden (UKIP), Peter Wootton (Labour).

Brinsworth and Catcliffe:B Michael Cooke (Conservative), Terry Fieldhouse (BNP), Andy Roddison (Labour).

Dinnington: Pat Beighton (Conservative), Jane Havenhand (Labour), Martin Hickson (UKIP), Dave Smith (Independent).

Hellaby: Jenny Andrews (Labour), Brian Cutts (Conservative), Douglas Fairfax (UKIP).

Holderness: Keith Hunter (Conservative), Lyndsay Pitchley (Labour).

Hoober: Jane Hamilton (Labour), Michael Pallant (UKIP), Steven Scutt (Lib Dem), Brian Taylor (Conservative).

Keppel: David Cutts (UKIP), Barry Kaye (Labour), Janice Middleton (Lib Dem), Michael Robinson (Conservative).

Maltby: Christine Beaumont (Labour), Michael Burke (BNP), Michael Conlon, Derek Johnson (Conservative), John Kirk (Independent).

Rawmarsh: George Baldwin (BNP), Neil Hamilton (Labour), Mathew Nichols (UKIP), Josephine Taylor (Conservative).

Rother Vale: Doris Hunter (Conservative), David Ridgway (Independent), John Swift (Labour).

Rotherham East: Barry Dodson (Labour), Mohammed Ilyas (Lib Dem), Christian Kramer (Conservative), Barry Ross (John Lilburne Democratic Party), Matthew Stevenson (BNP).

Rotherham West: John Foden (Labour), Anne Middleton (Conservative), Caven Vines (UKIP).

Silverwood: Stephen Jones (Conservative), Roger Stone (Labour), John Wilkinson (UKIP).

Sitwell: John Gilding (Conservative), Tajamal Khan (Labour), Valerie Wilkinson (UKIP).

Swinton: Beryl Brown (Conservative), John Doyle (Labour), Shaun O’ Dell (UKIP).

Valley: Paul Lakin (Labour), Jason Pearson (BNP), Michele Todd (Conservative).

Wales: Dominic Beck (Labour), Dennis Flynn (UKIP), Gill Shaw (Conservative).

Wath: Brian Bailey (UKIP), Lissa Higgins (Conservative), Alex Sangster (Labour).

Wickersley: Tina Dowdall (UKIP), Robert Foulds (independent), Chris Read (Labour), Donald Ross (Conservative).

Wingfield: Marlene Guest (BNP), Basil Hammond (Conservative), Terry Sharman (Labour), Maureen Vines (UKIP).

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