The candidates contesting the Richmondshire divisions have been announced for this year’s county council elections.
Six councillors will be selected when voters go to the polls on Thursday, May 4 to elect the members to represent them on North Yorkshire County Council for the next four years.
29 people are standing in Richmondshire, with the Green Party, Labour and the Conservatives having a candidate contesting each division.
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The Lib Dems have candidates in all but the Upper Dales election.
There are five independents standing, including Stuart Parsons, Helen Grant and John Blackie who were all elected as county councillors last time around, and one UKIP.
There will be at least two new county councillors when the results are in next month, with Middle Dales Tory county councillor Roger Harrison-Topham standing down this time.
Standing for the Conservatives instead is Richmondshire district councillor Karin Sedgwick.
The death of Michael Heseltine, long-standing councillor for Richmondshire North, means this division will also have a new representative.
The new Tory candidate is Richmondshire councillor Angus Thompson.
In the Upper Dales, former Richmondshire District Council leader John Blackie will take on the current district council leader Yvonne Peacock.
Among the candidates trying to unseat Conservative county council leader Carl Les in the Catterick Bridge division is Richmondshire district independent councillor Angie Dale and former district councillor Jane Parlour, who is standing for the Lib Dems.
County residents who are eligible to vote but are not yet on the electoral register have until only April 13 to register to enable them to vote in the elections.
Officials say if you have not yet received a poll card, you may not be registered.
Visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote to register or contact your district council for more information.
For registered voters who will not be able to attend a polling station on 4 May, deadlines are also approaching for the submission of postal vote and proxy vote applications.
People have until 5pm on Tuesday, 18 April, to apply for a postal vote and until 5pm on Tuesday, 25 April, for a proxy vote. The district council can help.
Here are the candidates in alphabetical order by division:
Catterick Bridge
Angie Dale – Independent
Dave Dalton – Green Party
Carl Les – Conservative
Gill Page – Labour
Jane Parlour – Liberal Democrat
Central Richmondshire
Ian Davidson – Labour
Helen Grant – Independent
Lawrence Grose – Conservative
Rupert Hildyard – Green
Dave Robertson – UKIP
Martin Smith – Independent
Benedicte Windle – Liberal Democrat
Middle Dales
Owain Gardner – Labour Party
Lisle Ryder – Green Party
Karin Sedgwick – Conservative
Philip Wicks – Liberal Democrat
Richmond
Ann Brewer – Labour Party
Louise Dickens – Conservative
Anna Jackson – Green Party
Philip Knowles – Liberal Democrat
Stuart Parsons – Independent
Richmondshire North
Andrew Atkins – Liberal Democrat
Leslie Rowe – Green Party
Ken Smith – Labour Party
Angus Thompson – Conservative
Upper Dales
John Blackie – Independent
Robbie Kelly – Green
Yvonne Peacock – Conservative
Brian Pocknee – Labour Party
