Ten East Devon wards are being contested in the Midweek Herald area

The candidates, fighting contested seats in the Midweek Herald area, who were announced by East Devon District Council this morning, are as follows:

The election will be held on May 7.

AXMINSTER TOWN:

Lindy Bailhache – UK Independence Party

Paul G Hayward – Independent East Devon Alliance

Douglas R Hull – Liberal Democrats

Stephanie C Jones – Conservatives

Andrew T Moulding – Conservatives

Martin Spurway – Liberal Democrats

Chris Tipping – Independent.

AXMINSTER RURAL:

Ian L Hall – Conservative

Jerry Walden – Labour

COLY VALE:

Paul Arnott - Independent East Devon Alliance

Graham S Godbeer – Conservative

Helen E Parr – Conservative

Sheila M Smith - Independent East Devon Alliance

DUNKESWELL:

Colin Brown – Conservative

Bob Buxton -

FENITON AND BUCKERELL:

Susie Bond – Independent

John Z Zarczynski – Conservative

HONITON ST MICHAEL’S

Ashley Alder - UK Independence Party

Mike Allen – Conservative

David Foster – Conservative

Brian J Smith - UK Independence Party

John B Taylor – Independent

Phil Twiss – Conservative

Jackie Wadsworth - Independent East Devon Alliance

Bernard F Walker - UK Independence Party

HONITON ST PAUL’S

Dean Barrow – Conservative

Roger W Boote – Independent

Henry F Brown – Labour

Roy E Coombs - UK Independence Party

John O’Leary – Conservative

Leslie Smith - UK Independence Party

NEWBRIDGES:

Iain R Chubb – Conservative

Bill Foster – Liberal Democrats

SEATON:

Jenni Brown – Conservative

Peter W Burrows – Liberal Democrats

Mark A Fisher – Liberal Democrats

Marcus Hartnell – Conservative

Jim Knight – Conservative

Stephen Lee - UK Independence Party

Jeffrey K Packman – Independent

Martin Shaw – Independent East Devon Alliance

Jonathan W Underwood – Liberal Democrats

John F Walker - UK Independence Party

YARTY:

Colin Boyd – Green Party

Paul A Diviani – Conservative

Steve Horner - Independent East Devon Alliance

Robert W Jordan – Liberal Democrats