Local Elections: Full list of candidates in Brighton and Hove

The local elections are now less than one week away yet many residents will still be unaware as to who they will be asked to vote for on May 5th.

There are more than 200 candidates contesting the local elections in the city, which is currently controlled by a Conservative administration. The Tories hold 25 seats, Labour and the Greens have 13, the Liberal Democrats have one seat and there is one independent.

Here is the full run down of the candidates in the 21 electoral wards in Brighton and Hove. Click on the ward for the latest news concerning your area and where possible click on the councillor’s name to find out more about them.

Brunswick & Adelaide

Two seats – Currently occupied by Paul Elgood (Lib Dem) and David Watkins (Independent, but previously Lib Dem)

Candidates

Ray Barnes – Labour Party Candidate
Adam Campbell – Conservative Party Candidate
Mark Cribb – UK Independence Party
Paul Elgood – Liberal Democrat
Richard Latham – Conservative Party Candidate
Phelim MacCafferty - Green Party
Rob Macey – The Labour Party Candidate
Brian Stone – Liberal Democrat
Ollie Sykes – Green Party
David Watkins – Independent

Central Hove

Two seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Averil Older and Jan Young

Candidates

Anthea Ballam - Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Celia Barlow – The Labour Party Candidate
Mark Collins – Liberal Democrat
Chris Hawtree - Green Party First Choice Candidate
Caroline Anne Penn – The Labour Party Candidate
Rebecca Taylor – Liberal Democrat
Andrew Wealls - Conservative Party Candidate
Jan Young- Conservative Party Candidate

East Brighton

Three seats – currently by occupied by Labour councillors Gill Mitchell (leader of the opposition), Warren Morgan and Craig Turton.

Candidates

Peter Booth – Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Chandler -Liberal Democrat
Lianna Etkind - Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Alison Ghanimi – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Gill Mitchell – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Warren Morgan – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Bruce Neave – Liberal Democrat
Bill North – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Kelvin Poplett – Conservative Party Candidate
Chris Sandland – Conservative Party Candidate
Pip Tindall – Green Party Third Choice Candidate
Craig Turton – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate

Goldsmid

Three seats – Currently split across the three main parties with Cllr Melanie Davis from Labour, Cllr Ayas Fallon-Khan with the Conservatives and Cllr Alex Phillips for the Green Party.

Candidates

John Aloy – Liberal Democrat
Ruth Buckley – Green Party
Rob Buckwell- Conservative Party Candidate
Melanie Davis – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Rob Jarrett – Green Party
Nigel Jenner – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Debra Livingstone-Wade – Conservative Party Candidate
Adam Love – Conservative Party Candidate
Andrew Mailing – Liberal Democrat
Gloria Parks – Liberal Democrat
Alexandra Phillips – Green Party
Lis Telcs – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate

Hangleton & Knoll

Three seats – Currently occupied by Conservatives Dawn Barnett and Tony Janio. Councillor David Smart passed away earlier this year.

Candidates

Martin Ashby – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Dawn Barnett – Conservative Party Candidate
Adele Bates – Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Lawrence Collins – Liberal Democrat
Nic Compton – Green Party Third Choice Candidate
Brian Fitch – The Labour Party Candidate
Dominic Ford – The Labour Party Candidate
Jo Heard – Independent
Michael Ireland - Conservative Party Candidate
Tony Janio – Conservative Party Candidate
Alun Wynne Jones – The Labour Party Candidate
Dinah Staples – Liberal Democrat

Hanover & Elm Grove

Three seats – Currently occupied by Green Party councillors Bill Randall, Vicky Wakefield-Jarrett and Georgia Wrighton

Candidates

Leo Barraclough – The Labour Party Candidate
Elliot Eke – Liberal Democrat
Rosemary Faulkner – Conservative Party Candidate
Matt Follett – Green Party
Belkasim Gahran – Liberal Democrat
Tracey Hill – The Labour Party Candidate
Roger McCabe – Conservative Party Candidate
Karen Miles – Conservative Party Candidate
Raymond Parker – Liberal Democrat
Bill Randall – Green Party
Jon Redford – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
David Speirs – The Labour Party Candidate
Liz Wakefield – Green Party

Hollingdean & Stanmer

Three seats – Currently occupied by Labour party councillors Pat Hawkes MBE, Jeane Lepper and Christine Simpson.

Candidates

Rachael Bates – Conservative Party Candidate
Nigel David Carter – UK Independence Party
Phil Clarke – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Oliver Eke - Liberal Democrat
Tony Greenstein – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Emma Harrop – Liberal Democrat
Lillian Harrop -Liberal Democrat
Pat Hawkes – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Dave Hill – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Rob Labs - Conservative Party Candidate
Jeane Lepper – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Patrick Lowe – Conservative Party Candidate
Sven Rufus – Green Party
Christine Simpson – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Christina Summers – Green Party
Luke Walter – Green Party

Hove Park

Two seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Jayne Bennett and Vanessa Brown

Candidates

Jayne Bennett – Conservative Party Candidate
Vanessa Brown – Conservative Party Candidate
John Cooper – The Labour Party Candidate
Anna Gerrard – Liberal Democrat
Gavin Graham – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Bernie Katz – The Labour Party Candidate
Manrico Oliveri – Liberal Democrat
Jane Prisley – Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Sasha Stephens – UK Independence Party

Moulsecoomb & Bevendean

Three seats – Currently occupied by Cllr Maria Caulfield from the Conservatives and Labour’s Mo Marsh and Anne Meadows.

Candidates

Dave Bangs – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Allie Cannell – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Maria Caulfield – Conservative Party Candidate
Kelly Dibbert – Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Ayas Fallon-Khan – Conservative Party Candidate
Leigh Farrow – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Mo Marsh – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Anne Meadows – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Amelia Mills – Green Party Third Choice Candidate
Cath Slater – Conservative Party Candidate

North Portslade

Two seats – Currently occupied by Trevor Alford from the Conservatives and Labour’s Bob Carden

Candidates

Trevor Alford – Conservative Party Candidate
Bob Carden – The Labour Party Candidate
Jacob Chapman – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Theo Child – Independent
Penny Gilbey – The Labour Party Candidate
Ali Haydor – Liberal Democrat
Billie Lewis – Liberal Democrat
Maria McCallum – UK Independence Party
Kerry Underhill – Conservative Party Candidate
Dave Walsh – Green Party Second Choice Candidate

Patcham

Three seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Brian Pidgeon, Carol Theobald and Geoffrey Theobald OBE.

Candidates

Rosemary Collins – The Labour Party Candidate
Lawrence Anthony Parkhouse Eke – Liberal Democrat
Christopher Hurley – Liberal Democrat
Geraldine Keenan – Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Linda McRae – Green Party Third Choice Candidate
Christine Moody – The Labour Party Candidate
Jatin Patel – The Labour Party Candidate
Brian Pidgeon – Conservative Party Candidate
Carol Theobald – Conservative Party Candidate
Geoffrey Theobald – Conservative Party Candidate
Hugh Woodhouse – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Philip Kevin Wray – UK Independence Party

Preston Park

Three seats – Currently occupied by Labour councillors Kevin Allen and Juliet McCaffery and the Green Party’s deputy convenor Councillor Amy Kennedy

Candidates

Kevin Allen – The Labour Party Candidate
Yuri Borgmann-Prebil – The European Citizens Party
Clive Brimmell – Conservative Party Candidate
Georgina Dore – Conservative Party Candidate
Tallulah Frankland – Liberal Democrat
Mike Jones – Green Party
Amy Noelle Kennedy – Green Party
Leo Littman – Green Party
Tim Lunnon – The Labour Party Candidate
Juliet McCaffery – The Labour Party Candidate
William Mills – Conservative Party Candidate
Lee Shingles – Liberal Democrat
Keith Tipping – Liberal Democrat

Queen’s Park

Three seats – Currently occupied by Green Party councillors Ben Duncan, Rachel Fryer and Paul Steedman

Candidates

Mohammed Asaduzzaman – Independent
Geoffrey Bowden – Green Party
Philip Brownlie - Conservative Party Candidate
Dan Chapman – The Labour Party Candidate
Chris Cooke – The Labour Party Candidate
Ben Duncan – Green Party
Tom French – The Labour Party Candidate
Jacob Frohawk-Mclucas – Liberal Democrat
Anne Glow – Conservative Party Candidate
Stephanie Powell – Green Party
Brian Ralfe – Independent
Elizabeth Robinson – Liberal Democrat
Gail Woodcock - Conservative Party Candidate

Regency

Two seats – Currently occupied by Jason Kitcat and Sven Rufus

Candidates

James Asser – The Labour Party Candidate
Andrew Hancox – Conservative Party Candidate
Gareth Jones – Liberal Democrat
Ania Kitcat – Green Party
Jason Kitcat – Green Party
Michael MacFarlane - Conservative Party Candidate
Larissa Rowe – Liberal Democrat
Dan Wilson – The Labour Party Candidate

Rottingdean Coastal

Three seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillor and leader of the city council Mary Mears and her Tory colleagues Lynda Hyde and David Smith

Candidate’s name Description
Michael Robert Adams The Labour Party Candidate
Andrew Coleman Green Party First Choice Candidate
Harry Dienes Liberal Democrat
Rebecca Duffy Green Party Third Choice Candidate
Harris Fitch The Labour Party Candidate
Tony Frisby The Labour Party Candidate
Stuart Hay Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Lynda Hyde Conservative Party Candidate
Mary Mears Conservative Party Candidate
Paul William Perrin UK Independence Party
Barry Pinchen UK Independence Party
David Smith Conservative Party Candidate

South Portslade

Two seats – Currently occupied by Labour councillor Les Hamilton and Conservative councillor Steve Harmer-Strange

Candidates

Peter Denyer – Liberal Democrat
Leslie Hamilton – The Labour Party Candidate
Stephen Harbor-Wade – Conservative Party Candidate
Steve Harmer-Strange – Conservative Party Candidate
Cathy Marchand – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Ken Rist – Liberal Democrat
Alan Robins – The Labour Party Candidate
Steve Watson – Green Party Second Choice Candidate

St Peter’s & North Laine

Three seats – Currently occupied by Green Party councillors Ian Davey, Lizzie Deane and Pete West

Candidates

Clare Calder – The Labour Party Candidate
Sabiha Choudhury – UK Independence Party
Ian Davey – Green Party
Lizzie Deane – Green Party
Peter Gillman – The Labour Party Candidate
James Hallwood – The Labour Party Candidate
Graham Hunnable – Liberal Democrat
Mike Long – Conservative Party Candidate
Gerald O’Brien – Independent
William Parker – Liberal Democrat
David John Sears – Liberal Democrat
Joseph Tansey - Conservative Party Candidate
Patrick Ward – Conservative Party Candidate
Pete West – Green Party

Westbourne

Two seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Denise Cobb and Brian Oxley

Candidates

June Batchelor - Liberal Democrat
Simon Battle – The Labour Party Candidate
Denise Cobb – Conservative Party Candidate
Susan Patricia Collard – The European Citizens Party
Ray Cunningham – Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Louisa Greenbaum – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Brian Oxley – Conservative Party Candidate
Coreen Sears – Liberal Democrat
Jacqueline Teeboon - The Labour Party Candidate

Wish

Two seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Garry Peltzer Funn and Ted Kemble

Candidates

Richard Martin Allden – UK Independence Party
Bob Bailey – Liberal Democrat
Mark Anthony Barnard – Independent
Jenny Barnard-Langston - Independent
Sue Baumgardt – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Ted Kemble – Conservative Party Candidate
Garry Peltzer Dunn - Conservative Party Candidate
Anne Pissaridou – The Labour Party Candidate
Christine Sandra Robinson – The Labour Party Candidate
Daniel Russell – Liberal Democrat
Anton Simanowitz – Green Party Second Choice Candidate

Withdean

Three seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Pat Drake, Ann Norman and Ken Norman

Candidates

Caraline Brown – The Labour Party Candidate
Jacqui Cuff – Green Party Third Choice Candidate
Susan Darby – The Labour Party Candidate
Fraser Kemp – The Labour Party Candidate
Hyder Kemal Khalil – Liberal Democrat
John Lovatt – Liberal Democrat
Robert Németh – Conservative Party Candidate
Ann Norman – Conservative Party Candidate
Ken Norman- Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Philo - Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Sue Shanks – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Robert Stockman – Liberal Democrat

Woodingdean

Two seats – Currently occupied by Conservative councillors Dee Simpson and Geoffrey Wells

Candidates

Susan Jane Burns – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Christine-Reba Joy Edge - Liberal Democrat
Anthony Eke – Liberal Democrat
Andrea Finch – Green Party First Choice Candidate
Julian Hayes – The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate
Karen James – Green Party Second Choice Candidate
Dee Simson – Conservative Party Candidate
Graham Townsend - UK Independence Party
Geoff Wells – Conservative Party Candidate