Local Elections 2023: Full list of candidates competing for a seat on town and parish councils in Tewkesbury and the Forest of Dean

Voters across Gloucestershire head to the polls next month to elect their representatives on Tewkesbury Borough, Forest of Dean and Cotswold District councils.

The candidates for the Forest of Dean District and Tewkesbury Borough elections have been announced.

But there are also several town and parish council elections going ahead in both areas which are due to hold elections on May 4.

Parish and town councils are the smallest local authorities in the UK.

They have elected councillors and raise money through council tax and other means to run public services.

There are around 10,000 of such councils in England. Here is the full list of the candidates standing in contested town and parish elections in the Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury.

Forest of Dean District town and parish council elections

Cinderford Town East ward

Matt Bishop – Labour Party

Chris Brown – Labour Party

Jeremy Paul Charlton-Wright – Independent

Tim Holder – Independent

Di Martin – Labour Party

Sally Elizabeth Reader – Labour Party

Nigel Kevin Taylor – Independent

Karen Lillian Turner – Independent

Parish council elections

English Bicknor

Avril Valerie Bowen – Independent

Kevin John Braithwaite – Independent

Harry John Cole – Independent

Patricia May Drinkall – Independent

David Jeffery Gunter – Independent

Philip Frederick Gwilliam – Independent

Peter Alan Warden – Independent

Amanda Watkins – Independent

Tewkesbury Borough parish council elections

Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Council

Cleeve St Michael’s

Peter Simon Stephen Badham – Independent

Andrew Vincent Barriskell – Independent

Liz Chapman – Independent

Johanna Jacoba – Independent

Sylvia Hugues – Independent

Mark John Knight – Independent

David Bryn Lewis – Independent

Kashan Pervaiz – Independent

Andrew Stephen Reece – Independent

John Alan Robinson – Independent

Stanton

Julia Veronica Beldam – Independent

Richard Mark Blamey – Independent

Malcolm Bradley Mills – Independent

Liz Philpott – Independent

Richard John Thornhill – Independent

Kenneth Andrew Wright – Independent

All other parish council elections in the districts are going ahead uncontested

 

By Carmelo Garcia – Local Democracy Reporter

Gloucester News Centre – http://gloucesternewscentre.co.uk