The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
The candidates for the nine South Holland electoral divisions on Lincolnshire County Council have been revealed.
Voters will head to the polling stations to have their say on Thursday, May 4.
There will certainly be fresh elected members in Holbeach Rural, Donington Rural and Spalding South divisions where respective sitting members William Webb, Susan Wray (both Conservative) and Alan Jesson (Independence from Europe) are not seeking re-election.
Among those hoping to gain a seat for the first time are eight South Holland district councillors – Rodney Grocock, Peter Coupland, Christine Lawton, Gary Taylor and Jack Tyrrell (all Conservative), UKIP’s Paul Foyster and Pete Williams and Jane King (Independent).
Meanwhile, former South Holland District Council leader Eddy Poll is looking to regain his Spalding East seat. The Conservative Party member was ousted by UKIP’s Richard Fairman by just 53 votes at the last election, in 2013.
The most keenly-contested division is Spalding Elloe, in which sitting councillor Liz Sneath faces five challengers.
The current make-up of the 77-division council is: Conservative 37; Labour 12; UK Independence Party 9; Lincolnshire Independents 7; Liberal Democrat 4; Independent 4, Independence from Europe 3; one vacancy.
A recent review of the electoral arrangements decided that 70 councillors should represent 70 single-member electoral divisions, a reduction of seven.
CROWLAND
Charles James Edward Finister, Jekils Bank, Moulton Eaugate (Liberal Democrat)
Darryl Baird Kirk, Winthorpe Road, Lincoln (Labour)
Nigel Harry Pepper*, South Street, Crowland (Conservative)
DONINGTON RURAL
Rodney Grocock, The Chase, Pinchbeck (Conservative)
Jane Lesley King, Pinder Lane, Donington (Independent)
Richard James Mair, West Parade, Lincoln (Labour)
HOLBEACH
Paul Cayton Foyster, Nealsgate, Holbeach St Johns (UKIP)
Helena Mair, West Parade, Lincoln (Labour)
Nick Worth*, Lapwater Lane, Holbeach St Marks (Conservative)
HOLBEACH RURAL
Peter Ephraim Coupland, Old Main Road, Fleet Hargate (Conservative)
Robert Antony Gibson, West Cobgate, Weston (UKIP)
Philip Edward Hammersley, Swift Close, Deeping St James (Liberal Democrat)
Lucinda Emmeline Preston, West Parade, Lincoln (Labour)
SPALDING EAST
Richard Geoffrey Fairman*, Stonegate, Cowbit (UKIP)
Karen Elizabeth Lee, Rudgard Lane, Lincoln (Labour)
Eddy Poll, Moulton Chapel Road, Moulton Chapel (Conservative)
Kathleen Mary Turner, Kesteven Drive, Market Deeping (Liberal Democrat)
SPALDING ELLOE
Emily Martha Mary Bates, Church Lane, Crowland (UKIP)
Martin Blake, Rose Leigh Way, Spalding (Green Party)
Mark John Currier, Dovecote Road, Market Deeping (Liberal Democrat)
Douglas William Dickens, Gallery Walk, Pinchbeck (Independent)
John Andrew Grocock, Hermes Way, Sleaford (Labour)
Elizabeth Jane Sneath*, Money Bridge House, Pinchbeck (Conservative)
SPALDING SOUTH
Andrew Charles Bowell, Burchnall Close, Deeping St James (Labour)
Christine Jane Lawton, Regent Street, Spalding (Conservative)
Jordan Phillip Raymond Swallow, Cowbit Road, Spalding (Liberal Democrat)
Pete Williams, New Road, Spalding (UKIP)
SPALDING WEST
Wojciech Stanislaw Kowalewski, Wiles Avenue, Moulton Chapel (Labour)
Angela Mary Newton*, Birch Grove, Spalding (Independent)
Gary John Taylor, Smithdale Close, Spalding (Conservative)
THE SUTTONS
Christopher James Thomas Harrison Brewis*, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge (Independent)
Paul Gowen, Cosford Close, Lincoln (Labour)
Jack Tyrrell, Browns Gate, Long Sutton (Conservative)
* denotes sitting member
