IN three weeks, people in Taunton Deane will go to the polls in four crucial votes.

As well as election the MP for the Taunton Deane Constituency for the next five years, the council’s 25 wards consisting of 54 councillors are also up for grabs along with dozens of contested parish council seats.

Also up for grabs is the Somerset County Council Taunton North Division seat. Nominations to stand in all three elections closed last week.

The election takes place on Thursday, May 7.

Member of Parliament prospective MPs for Taunton Deane

  • Laura Bailhache (UKIP)
  •  Bruce Gauld (Ind)
  • Steve German (TUSC)
  • Rachel Gilmour (Lib Dem)
  • Neil Guild (Lab)
  •  Clive Martin (Green)
  •  Rebecca Pow (Con) 
  • Mike Rigby (Ind)

Taunton Deane District Council

Bishops Hull Ward

  •  Justine Baker (Lib Dem)
  •  Julia Blatchford (Con)
  • Vanessa Burtchaell (Green)
  • Alan Foyle (Lib Dem)
  •  Ian Morrell (Ind)
  • Peter Prior-Sankey (Ind)
  •  Matthew Ravenhill (Lab)
  • Tonia White (Con)

Bishops Lydeard

  • Robert Bainbridge (UKIP)
  •  Clare Denning (Lib Dem)
  •  Alison Gunner (Con)
  •  John Hassall (Lib Dem)
  •  Clive Martin (Green) 
  • Michael Palmer (Lib Dem)
  •  Jane Warmington (Con)
  •  Peter Watson (Con)

Blackbrook and Holway

  • John Barlow (Green) 
  • Eric Bussell (Con)
  •  Bill Coombes (Con)
  •  Faye Markham (Lab)
  •  Aaron Miller (Con)
  • Adrian Prior-Sankey (Ind)
  •  Hazel Prior-Sankey (Lib Dem)
  •  Fran Smith (Lib Dem)
  •  Peter Smith (Lib Dem)

Blackdown

  • Michael Canham (Ind)
  •  Charlotte Edwards (Con)
  •  Caroline Freeman (Green)
  •  John Wakefield (Lib Dem)

Bradford on Tone

  • Adrian Dyke (Lib Dem)
  • Rob Gully (Green)
  •  Roger Habgood (Con)

Comyetrowe

  •  Jean Allgrove (Con)
  •  Habib Farbahi (Lib Dem) 
  • Mollie Floyd (Lib Dem)
  • Joe Garbett (Green)
  •  Sharon Grant (Con)
  •  Hilary Jefferson (Con)
  • Simon Nicholls (Lib Dem)
  •  Kevin Terry (Lab)

Eastgate

  •  Simon Coles (Lib Dem) 
  • Richard Lees (Lib Dem)
  • David Smith (Lab)
  •  Claire Williams (Green)
  •  Lily Wong (Con)
  • Jason Woollacott (Con)

Fairwater

  • Henry Haslam (Con)
  •  Jeff Horsley (Lib Dem)
  •  Sue Lees (Lib Dem)
  •  Jeff Mohun (Lab)
  •  George Pineda-Langford (Con)
  •  Chris Salter (Green)
  • Estelle Smillie (Lab)
  • Roderick Watson (Con)
  • Danny Wedderkopp (Lib Dem)
  • Brenda Weston (Lab)

Halcon

  • Christopher Appleby (Lib Dem)
  •  Livvi Grant (Con)
  •  Clare Marsden (Green)
  •  Roger Ryan (Con)
  • Timothy Slattery (Lib Dem)
  •  Federica Smith (Lib Dem)

Killams and Mountfield

  •  Terry Beale (Con)
  • Anna Courtenay (Lib Dem)
  •  Colin Croad (Lab)
  • Catherine Herbert (Con)
  •  Rene Kilner (Lib Dem)
  •  Gavin Rees (Green)

Lyngford

  • Michael Adkins (Con)
  • Tom Alderidge (UKIP)
  •  Chris Booth (Lib Dem)
  • Steve German (TUSC)
  •  Barrie Hall (Lib Dem)
  •  Kenneth Hayward (Con)
  • Libby Lisgo (Lab)
  •  Nicola Messenger (Ind)
  •  Bruce Nottrodt (Con)
  •  Barbara O’Connor (Lab)
  • Bob Rawle (Lab)
  •  Craig Rossiter (Green)
  • Ben Swaine (Ind)
  •  Bob Symons (Lib Dem)

Manor and Wilton

  • Patrick Berry (Con)
  • Hannah Grenstead (Green)
  • Terry Hall (Con)
  • Stephen Martin-Scott (Con)
  •  Rosemary Sabel (Lib Dem)
  •  Sarah Wakefield (Lib Dem)
  • Alan Wedderkopp (Lib Dem)

Milverton and North Deane

  •  Kate Burrows (Green)
  •  Danny Clark-Lowes (Lib Dem)
  •  Gwilym Wren (Con)

Monument

  •  Christopher Hill (Con)
  •  Chris Lloyd (Green)
  •  Paul Tooze (Lib Dem)

Neroche

  • Oscar Power (Green) 
  • Madeleine Spears (Lab)
  •  John Williams (Con)
  •  Val Withstandley (Lib Dem)

North Curry and Stoke St Gregory

  •  Duncan Cossey (Con)
  • Jon Machen (Green)
  •  Gill Slattery (Lib Dem)
  •  Phil Stone (Lib Dem)
  • Bob Tyler (Con)

Norton Fitzwarren

  •  Jean Adkins (Con)
  •  John Ainsworth (Green)
  • Paul Escott (Lib Dem)
  •  Edward Firmin (Lib Dem) o
  • Andy Sully (Con)

Pyrland and Rowbarton

  • Nicholas Bickford (Lab)
  •  Tom Davies (Con)
  •  Alan Debenham (Green)
  •  John Gage (Con)
  •  Marcia Hill (Lib Dem)
  • Louise James (Lib Dem)
  •  Martin Jevon (Lab)
  • Patricia Mayhew (Con)
  •  Paul Partington (Lib Dem)
  • Marcus Prouse (Lab)

Ruishton and Creech

  • Dave Durdan (Con)
  • Kelly Durdan (Con)
  •  Simon Hutchings (Lib Dem)
  •  Mike Marshall (Lib Dem)
  • Tam MacFarlane (Lab)
  •  Devon Pritchard (Green)

Staplegrove

  • Gideon Amos (Lib Dem)
  •  Jonathan Gray (Lab)
  •  Margaret Senior (Lib Dem)
  •  Roy Snelling (Green)
  • Nick Townsend (Con)
  •  Caroline Tucker (Con)

Trull

  •  Mark Edwards (Con)
  •  Liz Harvey (Lab)
  •  John Jurgensen (Green)
  •  Helen Wells (Lib Dem)

Wellington East

  •  Zoe Ainsworth-Grigg (Green)
  •  Charles Biscoe (Lab)
  •  Peter Critchard (Lib Dem)
  •  Ross Henley (Lib Dem)
  •  James Hunt (Con)
  •  Gary James (Con)

Wellington North

  •  William Brown (Con)
  • Andrew Govier (Lab)
  •  Sarah Lithgow (Lib Dem)
  •  Cliff Marsh (Lab)
  •  Justin Rivett (Green)
  •  John Thorne (Con)

Wellington Rockwell Green and West

  •  Bob Bowrah (Con)
  •  Llewe Culver-Evans (Lib Dem) 
  • Mark Lithgow (Lib Dem)
  •  Janet Lloyd (Lib Dem)
  •  Jem McCluskey (Green)
  •  Jill Mitton (Lab)
  •  Janet Reed (Con)
  •  Vivienne Stock-Williams (Con)

West Monkton

  •  David Akerman (Lib Dem)
  •  Norman Cavill (Con)
  •  Richard Parrish (Con)
  •  Andy Pritchard (Green)
  •  Ray Tully (Ind)
  •  Denise Webber (Con)
  •  Bernie Withams (Lib Dem)

Wiveliscombe and West Deane Ward

  •   Michael Ball (Con) o Eddie Gaines (Ind)
  •  Mario Laghos (Lib Dem)
  •  Susan Levinge (Lib Dem)
  •  Marguerite Paffard (Green)
  •  Steve Ross (Ind)

County Councillor for Taunton North Division

  • Michael Adkins (Con)
  • Robert Bainbridge (UKIP)
  •  Alan Debenham (Green)
  •  Barrie Hall (Lib Dem)
  •  Libby Lisco (Lab)

Parish councillor for contested wards

Bishops Lydeard (Cothelstone Ward)

  •  Daisy John
  •  Jane Warmington

Langford Budville

  •  Gerald Brewer 
  • John Cottrell
  •  Reg Hendy
  •  Kieron McGrath
  •  Valerie Pitman
  •  Roger Poole

Oake

  • Cliff Bishop
  • Susan Davies
  •  Fern Dunn
  •  Adrian Dyke
  •  Louise Peace 
  •  David Roots
  •  John Sharland
  •  Sally Woodbury

Stoke St Gregory

  •  Glynn Banks
  •  Bill Carpenter
  •  Ann Finn
  •  Graham Gleed
  •  John Hembrow
  •  David House
  •  Peter House
  •  John Shepherd
  •  Nick Sloan
  • Heather Venn
  •  David Wells

Trull

  • Linda Brierley
  • Tessa Deane 
  • Ann Hudson
  •  Mark Hughes
  •  Dawn Johnson (Ind)
  •  Sue Khattab
  •  Dorita Luke
  • Jane Martin-Scott
  •  Barbara O’Connor
  •  Alan Parris
  •  Steven Power
  •  Brian Pretty (Ind)
  • Colin Ralph
  •  Jo Wooldridge

Wellington (Wellington East)

  •  Clara Bixby-Harper (Lab)
  •  Peter Critchard (Lib Dem)
  • Angie Filler (Lib Dem)
  • Ross Henley (Lib Dem)
  •  James Hunt (Con)
  •  Gary James (Con)

Wellington (Wellington North)

  •  William Brown (Con)
  •  Gloria Copley o
  • Andrew Govier (Lab)
  •  Cliff Marsh (Lab)
  •  Dave Mitton (Lab)
  •  John Thorne (Con)

Wellington (Wellington West)

  •  Bob Bowrah (Con)
  •  Mark Lithgow (Lib Dem)
  •  Jem McCluskey (Green)
  •  Jill Mitton (Lab)
  •  Janet Reed (Con)
  •  Vivienne Stock-Williams (Con)

West Monkton

  •  Mark Besley
  •  Norman Cavill
  •  Gloria Day
  •  Hazel Ellis
  •  Barry Gage
  •  Bill Gulliford
  •  Stuart Haskins
  •  Wendy Ling
  •  David McCubbin
  •  Christopher Samouelle
  • Ray Tully