Local elections 2023: Wyre Forest District Council candidates

Voters will be heading to the polls next month on Thursday, May 4. 

There are more than two hundred and twenty candidates standing in the local elections. 

All 33 seats are up for election on Wyre Forest District Council, which are being contested by a total of 99 candidates. 

There are also contested elections for Bewdley Town Council and four of the six wards on Stourport Town Council. 

All other parish council elections are uncontested and candidates for seats on those parish councils, including two wards in Stourport, will automatically be elected.

Kidderminster Town Council elections will take place in May 2024. The count will be held on Friday, May 5 with all results expected to be announced by early evening on that day.

Here is the list of candidates standing in the Wyre Forest District Council election: 

Aggborough & Spennells (three vacant seats)

• Rachel Louise Akathiotis - Liberal Democrats
• John Aston - Independent
• Owen Boyd Cave - Conservative
• Helen Elizabeth Dyke - Independent
• Peter Dyke - Independent
• Thomas Jordan - Conservative
• George Price - Labour
• Simon Sherrey - Conservative

Areley Kings & Riverside (three vacant seats)

• Nick Bartram-Savage - Labour
• Jason Foster - Independent
• Ken Henderson - Conservative
• Rob Lloyd - no description
• Danny Russell - Conservative
• Ingrid Ruth Schmeising-Barnes - Liberal Democrats
• Alan Sutton - Conservative
• John William Roland Thomas - no description
• Carol Warren - Labour
• Valerie Margaret - Green

Bewdley & Rock (three vacant seats)

• Janice Christine Bell - Green
• Emily Elizabeth Bourne - Conservative
• Anna Coleman - Independent
• Roger Hugh Coleman - Independent
• Calne Elaine Edginton-White - Independent
• Nigel Alastair Geary - Green
• Cloud Gollop - Liberal Democrats
• Nigel Knowles - Labour
• Dan Morehead - Conservative
• Rod Stanczyszyn - Labour
• Nick Wilson - Conservative

Blakebrook & Habberley South (three vacant seats)

• Adrian Stanley Beavis - Liberal Democrats
• Vicky Caulfield - Green
• John Edward Davis - Green
• Simon Ford - Liberal Democrats
• Tracey Onslow - Conservative
• Juliet Denise Smith - Conservative
• Edward James Stokes - Conservative
• Leigh Whitehouse - Labour
• Clive Wood - Green
• Heidi Ruth Worth - Liberal Democrats

Broadwaters (three vacant seats)

• Mary McDonnell - Labour
• Tony Andrew Muir - Conservative
• Craig James Pedley - Conservative
• Mary Alice Rayner - Independent
• Alan John Totty - Liberal Democrats
• Howard Stuart Williams - Conservative
• Peter Winston Montgomery Young - Independent

Foley Park & Hoobrook (three vacant seats)

• Nick Atkinson - Green
• Clare Cassidy - Liberal Democrats
• Nathan John Desmond - Conservative
• Dave Finch - Green
• Kevin George Gale - Conservative
• Nicky Gale - Conservative
• Doug Hine - Green
• Sue Meekings - Independent
• Di Smith - Labour

Franche & Habberley North (vacant three seats)

• Lisa Jayne Allsopp - Green
• John Beckingham - Labour
• Ben Brookes - Conservative
• George Anthony Connolly - Conservative
• Jackie Anne Madden - Liberal Democrats
• David Richard Ross - Conservative
• Oliver Yasha Walker - Liberals Democrats
• Mark Watkins - Independent

Lickhill (one vacant seat)

• David Little - Conservative
• Tim Schmeising-Barnes - Liberal Democrats
• Dixon Sheppard - Independent
• Stephen Thorneycroft - Labour

Mitton (three vacant seats)

• Michael Timothy Allarton - Green
• Berenice Susan Dawes - Conservative
• Jackie Griffiths - Labour
• Nicky Martin - Independent
• Dale Morris - Conservative
• Chris Pratt - Liberal Democrats
• Chris Rogers - Conservative

Offmore & Comberton (three vacant seats)

• Rose Bishop - Conservative
• Liam Denzel Peter Carroll - Labour
• Brett Raymond Caulfield - Green
• Nigel John Grace - Liberal Democrats
• Bill Hopkins - Conservative
• Shazu Miah - Liberal Democrats
• Fran Oborski - Liberal Democrats
• Martin John Stooke - Conservative
• Ollie Swain - Independent

Wribbenhall & Arley (two vacant seats)

• Corinne Lesley Bailey - Green
• John Frederick Byng - Conservative
• Nicole Harper - Labour
• Paul Harrison - Conservative
• Chris Harvey - Liberal Democrats
• Rob Ireland - Green
• Pauline Watkins - Independent

Wyre Forest Rural (three vacant seats)

• Dean Cox - Labour
• Gilda Maria Davis - Green
• Robin McDonald Drew - Conservative
• Marcin Gorecki - Liberal Democrats
• Ian David Hardiman - Conservative
• Marcus John Hart - Conservative
• David Paul Jones - Labour
• Kate Spohrer - Green
• Dean Jon Warren - Green

Here is the list of candidates nominated for the Stourport Town Council election: 

Stourport-on-Severn Areley Kings East

• Nick Bartram Savage - Labour 
• Em Burnip - no description 
• Brian Jones - Conservative 
• Rob Lloyd - no description 
• Carol Warren - Labour 
• Mark Watkins - Independent 

Stourport-on-Severn Areley Kings West

• Derek Peter Duggan - no description 
• Paul Harrison - Conservative 
• Ken Henderson - Conservative 
• Reg Knott - Labour 

Stourport-on-Severn Central

• Claire June Barnett - Independent 
• Phil Evans - Independent 
• Dale Morris - Conservative 
• Alan Sutton - Conservative 
• Valerie Margaret Wood - Green 

Stourport-on-Severn Lickhill

• Dave Little - Conservative 
• Chris Pratt - Liberal Democrats 
• Danny Russell - Conservative 
• Ingrid Schmeising-Barnes - Liberal Democrats 
• Tim Schmeising-Barnes - Liberal Democrats 
• Dixon Sheppard - Independent 
• Stephen Thorneycroft - Labour

Here is the list of candidates nominated for the Bewdley Town Council election: 

Bewdley East 

• Colin Charles Billett - Labour 
• Nigel Alastair Geary - Green 
• Paul Gittens - Labour 
• Sharon Harvey - Independent 
• Rich Jackson - Conservative 
• Nigel Knowles - Labour 
• Rod Stanczyszyn - Labour 

Bewdley West 

• Emily Elizabeth Bourne - Conservative 
• Tony Clay - Labour 
• Calne Elaine Edgington-White - Independent 
• Steve Hollands - Conservative 
• Heather Rosemary Lacy - Conservative 
• David Richard Laverty - Labour 
• Lyn Stanczyszyn - Labour 
• Tony Zalin - Labour

Bewdley Wribbenhall 

• Sarah Patricia Billett - Labour 
• John Frederick Byng - Conservative 
• Nicole Harper - Labour 
• Paul Harrison - Conservative 
• Derek Killingworth - Conservative 
• Ian Roger Latimer - Conservative 
• Marianne Elizabeth Salmon - Labour 
• Mark Watkins - Independent

People living in the district can still register to vote via the Wyre Forest District Council website. The deadline is midnight on Monday, April 17. Anyone without access to the internet can get a paper copy of the registration form from the Customer Service Centre at The Hub, Green Street, Kidderminster.

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on Thursday May 4. Anyone voting in person will require photo ID to prove their identity, and this also applies to a proxy voting on behalf of another person.