People standing for election to new West Suffolk Council

Details of the people who will fight the first elections in the new West Suffolk Council on May 2 has been revealed following the merger of the St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath authorities.

Forest Heath previously had 27 councillors and St Edmundsbury 45, a total of 72.

The new West Suffolk Council will have 64 councillors with new ward boundaries and therefore a like for like comparison cannot be made.

The first election will also be combined with any contested elections for the 117 parish and town councils across the area.

There are 131 polling stations in total, including 17 new venues, one of which is the historic windmill at Thelnetham.

Counts will take place on Friday, May 3, at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre in Beetons Way.

Here is the complete list of who is standing for West Suffolk Council:

Abbeygate: Nicola Iannelli-Popham (Lab), Lisa Ingwall King (G), Chris Lale (LD), Joanna Rayner (C) Andrew Speed (C)

Bardwell: Julian Flood (UKIP), Andrew Smith (C)

Barningham: Carol Bull (C) (Uncontested)

Barrow: Ian Houlder (C) (Uncontested)

Brandon Central: Susan Dean (Lab), Frank Hart (C), Victor Lukaniuk (Ind), Susan Smith (Ind)

Brandon East: Peter Callaghan (Ind), Andy Erlam (Lab), Peter Ridgwell (Ind), Reg Silvester (C), Phil Wittam (Ind)

Brandon West: Christine Mason (C), David Palmer (Ind), Eddie Stewart (Ind)

Chedburgh and Chevington: Mike Chester (C), Gary Dillon (Lab)

Clare, Hundon and Kedington: Stuart Letten (UKIP), Jim Meikle (Ind), Robin Pilley (C), Karen Richardson (C), Marion Rushbrook (C)

Eastgate: Patsy Warby (Ind), Cliff Waterman (Lab), Frankie Wright (C)

Exning: Simon Cole (C) (Uncontested)

Haverhill Central: Roger Andre (Lab), Aaron Luccarini (Ind), Susan Roach (C)

Haverhill East: John Burns (Ind), Tatiana Chernyavskaya (C), Pat Hanlon (Lab), Bryan Hawes (C), Lora Miller-Jones (Lab)

Haverhill North (two seats): Donald Allwright (G), Ian Hirst (UKIP), Joe Mason (C), Elaine McManus (C), Damien Page (Lab)

Haverhill South (two seats): Jason Crooks (Ind), Denis Lynch (C), Ken Rolph (LD), David Smith (Lab), Liz Smith (Lab), Heike Sowa (C)

Haverhill South East: Tony Brown (Ind), Liam Collins (C), Alan Stinchcombe (Lab)

Haverhill West: Stuart Dillon (Lab), Paula Fox (Ind), Margaret Marks (C) David Roach (C) Becca Smith (Lab)

Horringer: Terry Clements (C), Robin Davies (Lab)

Iceni: Michael Bradshaw (Ind), Dawn Dicker (Ind), Douglas Hall (C), Gaelle Kemp (Lab), Jordon Millward (C), Simon Morse (G), Claire Unwin (Lab)

Ixworth: John Griffiths (C) (Uncontested)

Kentford and Moulton: Hilary Appleton (Lab), Roger Dicker (Ind), Tom Kerby (C)

Lakenheath: Stephen Frost (C), David Gathercole (Ind) , Colin Noble (C)

Manor: Brian Harvey (C) (Uncontested)

Mildenhall Great Heath: Dickie Alecock (Ind), Russell Leaman (C)

Mildenhall Kingsway & Market: David Bowman (C), Patrick Finn (Lab), Ian Shipp (Ind)

Mildenhall Queensway: Ruth Bowman (C), Andrew Neal (Ind)

Minden: Edward Allen (LD), Robert Everitt (C), Donna Higgins (Lab), Helen Korfanty (LD), Richard O’Driscoll (Lab), Clive Springett (C)

Moreton Hall: Trevor Beckwith (Ind), Cyrille Bouche (Lab), Peter Thompson (C), Frank Warby (C), Tony Whittingham (C)

Newmarket East: Andrew Appleby (Ind), John Derry (LD), Andrew Gillett (LD), Rachel Hood (C), Robert Nobbs (C), Chris O’Neill (Ind), Susan Perry (Lab), Robert Yarrow (Lab)

Newmarket North (two seats): Ruth Allen (Ind), Michael Anderson (Ind), Oliver Bowen (Lab), Stephen Edwards (C), Robin Millar (C), Duncan Russell (Lab)

Newmarket West (two seats): Andy Drummond (C), Yasemin Fitzgerald (Lab), Dave Hudson (UKIP), Michael Jefferys (Lab), James Lay (C)

Pakenham & Troston: Simon Brown (C) (Uncontested)

Risby: Susan Glossop (C) Sheila Rowell (Lab)

Rougham: Quentin Cornish (Lab), Sara Mildmay-White (C)

Southgate (two seats): Patrick Chung (C), Ian Cullen (Lab), Ann Williamson (C)

St Olaves: Max Clarke (Lab), Paul Hopfensperger (Ind), Karen Soons (C)

Stanton: Jim Thorndyke (C) (Uncontested)

The Fornhams & Great Barton: Sarah Broughton (C), Rebecca Hopfensperger (C), Darren Turner (Lab)

The Rows: John Smith (Ind), Lance Stanbury (C), Don Waldron (Ind), James Waters (C)

Tollgate: Diane Hind (Lab), John Levantis (C), David Nettleton (Ind)

Westgate (two seats): John Augustine (C), Richard Rout (C) Marilyn Sayer (Lab)

Whepstead & Wickhambrook: Mary Evans (C), Mike McConnell (Lab)

Withersfield: Peter Stevens (C) (Uncontested)

Key: C – Conservative, Lab – Labour, LD – Liberal Democrats, Ind – Independent, UKIP – UK Independence Party, G – Green Party.

Current councillors not standing again for West Suffolk Council:

Barry Robbins (UKIP) Haverhill North

Rona Burt (C) Iceni

Sarah Stamp (C) Southgate

Carol Lynch (C) Red Lodge

Louise Marston (C) Lakenheath

Jane Midwood (C) Withersfield

Clive Pollington (C) Wickhambrook

Alaric Pugh (C) Clare

Nigel Roman (C) Great Heath

Julia Wakelam (G) Risbygate