The candidates for May’s district council elections have been announced, with a total of 27 hopefuls contesting 12 seats across Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary and Newton Poppleford.
The election will be held on May 7.
The candidates, who were announced by East Devon District Council this morning, are as follows:
Sidmouth Town
Matthew Booth – Independent East Devon Alliance
John Dyson –
Cathy Gardner – Independent East Devon Alliance
Sheila Kerridge – Conservative
Frances Newth – Conservative
Peter Sullivan – Conservative
Sidmouth Sidford
Jack Brokenshire – Independent
Stuart Hughes – Conservative
Dawn Manley - Independent East Devon Alliance
Ian McKenzie-Edwards – Conservative
Lewis Ragbourn – Liberal Democrats
Marianne Rixson - Independent East Devon Alliance
Debbie Tallis - Independent East Devon Alliance
Graham Troman – Conservative
Sidmouth Rural
David Barratt – Independent
Christine Drew – Conservative
Ottery St Mary Town
Andrew Blackwell – Labour
Peter Faithfull – Independent
Roger Giles – Independent
Nick Partridge - Conservative
Tim Venner – Conservative
Ottery St Mary Rural
Alasdair Bruce – Conservative
Paul Carter – Conservative
Matt Coppell – Independent East Devon Alliance
Crawford Winlove - Independent East Devon Alliance
Newton Poppleford and Harpford
Patsy Hayman - Conservative
Val Ranger - Independent East Devon Alliance
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