May 2011 local election candidates

52 candidates will be contesting 17 seats at Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections on Thursday 5 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 – Andrew Foster (Lab), Katherine Long (Lib Dem), Eric Payne (Cons)

Bidford & Salford – Barry Doherty (Lab), Bill Fleming (VOX POP Ind), Maurice Howse (Cons)

Fenny Compton – David Booth (Lib Dem), Chris Williams (Cons)

Harbury (by-election) – Richard Hamburger (Cons), Sue Roderick (Lib Dem)

Henley – James Handy (Lib Dem), John Hartigan (Lab), Bill Leech (Henley and Beaudesert Ind Cons), George Matheou (Cons)

Kineton – Robert Ballantyne (Green), John Insoll (Lib Dem), Chris Mills (Cons)

Long Itchington (uncontested by-election) – Chris Spencer (Cons)

Shipston – Christopher Aston (Lab), Jon Gullis (Cons), Philip Vial (Lib Dem)

Southam – Peter Hedges (Lib Dem), Carol Pratt (Lab) David Wise (Cons)

Stockton & Napton – Steven Kittendorf (Lib Dem), Richard Lamb (Cons)

Stratford Alveston – Tracy Doherty (Lab), Janette Dyson (Lib Dem), Lynda Organ (Cons)

Stratford Avenue and New Town – Roy Dyer (Lib Dem), Ian Hurst (Cons), Keith Lloyd (Stratford First Ind), Stephen Troup (Lab)

Stratford Guild and Hathaway – Neville Beamer (Cons), Louise Brandon (Lib Dem), Samuel Hargreaves (Lab), Jon Packard (Stratford First Ind)

Stratford Mount Pleasant – Andrew Henderson (Lab), Bill Lowe (Stratford First Ind), Peter Moorse (Lib Dem), Karen Parnell (Con)

Studley – Wayne Bates (Lab), Eric Holder (Lib Dem), Mike Weddell (Cons)

Tredington –  Jeffery Kenner (Lab), Chris Saint (Cons), Rachel Vial (Lib Dem)

Welford – Peter Barnes (Lib Dem), Philip Heath (Lab), Robert Vaudry (Cons)

Wellesbourne – David Close (Lib Dem), Roger Fisher (Green), Danny Kendall (Cons)

Polling on 5 May will be carried out at over 100 stations around the District, with hours of polling being 7.00am to 10.00pm. Details about the count will be announced in a separate operational note.