The full list of candidates standing in Darlington’s local elections on May 4 has been confirmed.
Political parties will battle it out for all 50 seats throughout the town, with 26 needed to form a majority council. The 2019 election returned a ‘no overall control result’ after no party reached the majority threshold.
Residents must register to vote before midnight on April 17 and have a valid form of ID at the polling station when voting on Thursday, May 4.
Here is the full list of candidates:
Bank Top and Lascelles Ward
Andrew Anderson - Labour
Jo Barker - Conservative
Emily Chamberlain - Conservative
Helen Crumbie - Labour
Geoff Hill - Green
Ian MacMurray - Green
David Ray - Labour
Pat Tobin - Conservative
Helen Whittington - Green
Darrien Wright - Independent
Brinkburn and Faverdale Ward
Rebecca Baker - Labour
David Beckett - Labour
Paul Bennett - Liberal Democrat
Sally Clarke - Conservative
Scott Durham - Conservative
Ty Hankinson - Green
Sarah Holt - Labour
Andrew Raw - Conservative
Sarah Siddle - Green
Nick Wilson - Green
Cockerton
Vicky Atkinson - Green
Vicky Bartch - Conservative
Sam Bell - Conservative
Jonathan Hodgson - Conservative
Susie Broughton - Green
Jan Cossins - Labour
Malcolm Dunstone - Liberal Democrat
Jim Garner - Labour
Neil Johnson - Labour
Tamara Ullyart - Green
College
Charlie Curry - Liberal Democrat
Mark Hardy - Conservative
Bryony Holroyd - Green
Lian Hutchings - Labour
Andy Maughan - Conservative
Matthew Snedker - Green
Elizabeth Watson - Labour
Eastbourne
Stuart Bramley - Green
Joe Dillon - Labour
Jonathan Dulston - Conservative
Maureen Martin - Independent
Sue Morley - Green
Kevin Nicholson - Independent
Alison Reynolds - Conservative
Steven Tait - Independent
Chris Taylor - Labour
Jan Taylor - Labour
Richard Wise - Green
Harrowgate Hill
Samantha Bedingfield-Weller - Conservative
Jon Clarke - Conservative
Ian Ferguson - no recorded affiliation
Roz Henderson - Green
Martin Landers - Labour
Sophie Landers - Labour
Richard Lawley - Green
Joe Passman - Labour
Anna-Maria Toms - Green
Mike Vasey - Conservative
Haughton and Springfield
Andrew Bramfitt - Green
Paul Culley - Conservative
Joe Dunn - Conservative
Chris McEwan - Labour
Robert Mills - Conservative
Dawn Storr - Labour
Bill Stuart - Green
Alex Swainston - Green
Nick Wallis - Labour
Heighington and Coniscliffe Ward
Michael Cooke - Green
Paul Crudass - Conservative
Michael Fearneyhough - Green
Paul Harman - Labour
Gerald Lee - Conservative
Bill Oliver - Liberal Democrat
Tony Roberts - Labour
Holly White - Independent
Hummersknott
Bill Galbraith - Conservative
Kate Mammolotti - Green
Clare McAdam - Labour
Thomas Robinson - Green
Jack Sowerby - Conservative
Rebecca Taylor - Labour
Hurworth
Nigel Boddy - Liberal Democrat
Peter Commane - Green
Chris Fishwick - Green
Hannah Guy - Labour
Joe Kelley - Liberal Democrat
Elizabeth Muggleton - Labour
Lorraine Tostevin - Conservative
Paul Walters - Conservative
Mowden
Bob Carson - Labour
Pauline Culley - Conservative
Paul Hilton - Green
Vanessa Hilton - Green
Alan Marshall - Conservative
Tim Paver - Labour
Laura Wilson - Liberal Democrat
North Road
Hilary Allen - Liberal Democrat
Jon Barley - Green
Kathy Barley - Green
Rachael Booth - Conservative
Jan Bowles - Labour
James Coe - Liberal Democrat
Anne-Marie Curry - Liberal Democrat
Syed Marjan Haque - Labour
Nigel Kendrew - Conservative
Faith Lawley - Green
Pratish Thakkar - Conservative
Jonnie Vasey - Labour
Northgate
Eldhose Ayniyedath Saju - Conservative
Sajna Ali - Labour
David Collinge - Liberal Democrat
Sonia Kane - Labour
Neil Kang-Scarth - Green
Louise Maddison - Green
Yvonne Richardson - Conservative
Park East
Martin Bell - Conservative
Janne Gandy - Independent
Ann Hunter - Green
Kulvanth Kaur - Green
Chris Lowery - Conservative
Libby McCollom - Labour
Jane Mitchell - Green
Michael Nicholson - Labour
Matthew Roche - Labour
Sarah Rose - Conservative
Scott Wood - Liberal Democrat
Park West
Bob Donoghue - Conservative
Mel McEvoy - Labour
William Rowell - Green
Sarah Sams - Liberal Democrat
Heather Scott - Conservative
John Sloss - Labour
Simon Thorley - Liberal Democrat
Martin Wood - Green
Pierremont
Roger Clark - Conservative
Mags Donoghue - Conservative
Steve Harker - Labour
Catherine Hart - Conservative
Megan Hemsley - Green
Mary Layton - Labour
Cat McConnachie - Green
James Mcgill - Labour
Amy Mycock - Green
Gary Potter - Liberal Democrat
Red Hall and Lingfield
Joanne Ashwood - Green
Mary Gravenor - Green
KJ Hawkins - Conservative
Mandy Porter - Labour
Amanda Riley - Labour
David Willis - Conservative
Sadberge and Middleton St. George
David Darling - Independent
Maria Darling - Independent
Paul Foster - Green
Fred Greenhow - Green
Deborah Laing - Conservative
Suzy Lucas - Green
Christopher Marlowe - Liberal Democrat
Colin Pease - Conservative
Yvonne Renton - Conservative
Sandy Thorne-Wallis - Labour
Lee Vasey - Labour
Paul Webster - Labour
Stephenson
Monty Brack - Independent
Lucy Chapman - Green
Pete Greenwood - Green
Ian Haszeldine - Labour
Mohammad Mahmud - Labour
Mike Renton - Conservative
Frazer Spence - Independent
Michael Walker - Conservative
Whinfield
Jamie Bartch - Conservative
Terri Hankinson - Green
Andy Keir - Conservative
Amanda Mcewan - Labour
Mike McTimoney - Green
Josh Spears - Labour
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