The final list of candidates who residents in Hartlepool will be able to vote for when they go to the polls next month in the local elections has been revealed. A third of the 36 seats on Hartlepool Borough Council will be up for election on Thursday, 7 May, with one councillor being voted in for each of the area’s 12 wards.
Several key figures from the current ruling Labour administration will be defending their positions including council leader Councillor Pamela Hargreaves and committee chairs Moss Boddy, Gary Allen, Melanie Morley and Owen Riddle
Following success in recent council by-elections and defections to the party Reform UK are standing candidates in all 12 wards, as are the Green Party, with Conservatives standing in 11 areas.
The 57 candidates and their wards are:
BURN VALLEY
Graham Harrison (Reform UK)
Lucas Hennells-Barber (Liberal Democrats)
Owen Riddle (Labour and Co-operative Party)
India Robertson (Green Party)
Bryan Thompson (Local Conservatives)
DE BRUCE
Nick Anderson (Reform UK)
Rachel Creevy (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Jasmine Khan (Green Party)
Lydia Waller (Local Conservatives)
FENS AND GREATHAM
Lisa Arnell (Green Party)
Dave Bruce (Reform UK)
Bob Buchan (Local Conservatives)
Mark Hanson (Labour and Co-operative Party)
FOGGY FURZE
Mike Cherrington (Green Party)
Christopher Groves (Local Conservatives)
Melanie Morley (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Connor Stallard (Liberal Democrats)
Rob Stevenson (Reform UK)
HART
Jo Banks (Independent)
Michael Brookes (Green Party)
Stuart Campbell (Independent)
Rob Cook (Independent)
Brian Cowie (Reform UK)
Barry McKinstray (Liberal Democrats)
David Nicholson (Local Conservatives)
Jake Swinburne (Labour Party)
HEADLAND AND HARBOUR
Amanda Davis (Labour Party)
Scott Gaiety (Reform UK)
Jessica Ingham (Green Party)
John Mawhinney (Local Conservatives)
Nathan McLauchlan (Liberal Democrats)
MANOR HOUSE
Ronnie Buglass (Reform UK)
Tom Casey (Green Party)
Pamela Hargreaves (Labour Party)
ROSSMERE
Moss Boddy (Labour Party)
Matthew Hartley (Green Party)
Veronica Nicholson (Local Conservatives)
Christine Wiley (Reform UK)
RURAL WEST
Tom Cassidy (Local Conservatives)
Simon Crute (Green Party)
Sara Hamouda (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Richie Hughes (Reform UK)
SEATON
Mia Brown (Green Party)
Nick Cain (Labour Party)
Gordon Cranney (Independent)
John Harrison (Local Conservatives)
Michael Noppen (Liberal Democrats)
Peter Storey (Reform UK)
THROSTON
Jack Callaghan (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Samuel Carr (Liberal Democrats)
Margaret Lyall (Local Conservatives)
Amanda Napper (Reform UK)
Ewan Train (Green Party)
VICTORIA
Gary Allen (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Connor Dorrian (Green Party)
Adam Gaines (Reform UK) Rodney Pangbourne (Local Conservatives)
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