May 2012 local election candidates

62 candidates will be contesting all 19 seats at Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections on Thursday 3 May. The Council has 53 seats in total.

The list of wards and candidates follows and existing councillors fighting their seats are in italics:

Alcester – Sue Adams (Cons), Andrew Foster (Lab), Karyl Rees (Lib Dem), Karen Varga (Green)

Aston Cantlow – Sir William Lawrence Bt (Cons), Laura Nelson (Lib Dem), Charles Samuda (Lab)

Bardon – John Insoll (Lib Dem), David Talbot (Lab), Robert Vaudry (Cons),

Bidford & Salford – Barry Doherty (Lab), Bill Fleming, Jonathan Spence (Cons), Marjolein Turner (Lib Dem)

Burton Dassett – Wendy Handy (Lib Dem), Simon Jackson (Cons), Janice Sewell (Lab)

Claverdon – Megan Dyer (Lib Dem), Philip Heath (Lab), John Horner (Cons)

Ettington – George Hathaway (Lab), Bruce Robertson (Lib Dem), Izzi Seccombe (Cons)

Harbury – Bev Mann (Ind), James Parker (Cons)

Henley – Tracy Doherty (Lab), Stephen Thirlwell (Cons), Diane Walden (Lib Dem)

Kineton – Jacqueline Abbott (Lab), Rob Ballantyne (Green), Alan Scorer (Cons)

Shipston – Richard Cheney (Lib Dem), Jacqui Jones (Green), Jeffrey Kenner (Lab), Abdul Shahid (Cons)

Southam – Andrew Crump (Cons), Peter Hedges (Lib Dem), Carol Pratt (Lab)

Stratford Alveston – Phil Applin (Cons), Gill Davies (Stratford First Independent), (Samuel Hargreaves (Lab), Kate Rolfe (Lib Dem),

Stratford Avenue and New Town – Roy Dyer (Lib Dem), Jason Fojtik (Lab), Tony Jefferson (Cons), Juliet Short (Stratford First Independent)

Stratford Guild and Hathaway – Ron Cockings (Cons), Bill Dowling (Lib Dem), Andrew Henderson (Lab)

Stratford Mount Pleasant – Paul Offer (Cons), Joyce Taylor (Lib Dem), Stephen Troup (Lab)

Studley – Wayne Bates (Lab), Paul Beaman (Lib Dem), Paul Martin (Cons)

Tanworth – George Atkinson (Cons), Valerie Gaize (Lib Dem), Janet Ladyman (Lab)

Wellesbourne – Christopher Aston (Lab), Roger Fisher (Green), David Johnston (Lib Dem), Ryan Podmore (Cons)

Polling on 3 May will be carried out at over 90 stations around the District, with hours of polling being 7.00am to 10.00pm.