The candidates have been unveiled for this year’s Southampton City Council local elections.
Seventeen of the council’s 51 seats – one in each ward – will be up for grabs when residents cast their vote on Thursday, May 2.
A total of 93 people have been nominated across the city. The contests see either five or six candidates throw their hats into the ring in each ward, respectively.
There are candidates for Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in every ward, while there are eight nominations from Reform UK.
The Labour group is currently the largest on Southampton City Council, with 37 of the 51 seats. There are nine Conservative and three Liberal Democrat councillors, as well as one Green and one independent.
How do I vote?
Polls open at 7am on Thursday, May 2, and close at 10pm. Voters must take a suitable form of photo ID with them in order to cast their ballot in person (see ‘What do I need to vote?’ section below).
Residents must be on the electoral roll to vote. Register to vote online – the deadline is 11.59pm on Tuesday, April 16.
Voting by post is also an option. Applications for a postal vote must be received by 5pm on Wednesday, April 17.
Proxy votes can also be obtained in some circumstances – meaning someone else can vote on a resident’s behalf if they cannot make it to a polling station for a limited number of reasons. Applications for a proxy vote must be received by 5pm on Tuesday, April 24.
Applications can be made for an emergency proxy vote if, after the deadline has passed, a resident discovers they will not be able vote in person, including for medical or employment reasons. In such instances, residents can apply for a proxy vote until 5pm on election day itself.
Who can I vote for?
These are the candidates in each of Southampton City Council’s 17 wards, along with the parties they are representing (an asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor in the ward):
Banister & Polygon
Andy Beal – Liberal Democrat
Scott Davis – Local Conservatives
Ellis Jackson – Green Party
Karen Rogers – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Vivienne Windle* – Labour and Co-operative Party
Bargate
Joe Cox – Green Party
Donna Dee – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Reuben Hinchliffe – Liberal Democrat
Matt Jones – Local Conservatives
Ginnie Lambert – Labour Party
Bassett
Lawrence Coomber – Labour Party
Aziz Dieng – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Amanda Jane Guest – Local Conservatives
Helen Mary Makrakis – Green Party
Tom Randell – Reform UK
Sarah Louise Wood* – Liberal Democrat
Bevois
Nadia Noreen Ditta – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Rosanna Newey – Green Party
Richard Arthur Palmer – Local Conservatives
Jacqui Rayment* – Labour Party
Tom Wintrell – Liberal Democrat
Bitterne Park
Lindsi Bluemel – Green Party
Gordon John Cooper – Labour Party
David Fuller – Local Conservatives
Graham Michael Henry – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Nick Myers – Liberal Democrat
Adrian Royle – Reform UK
Coxford
Joanne Steve Clements – Green Party
Maggie Fricker – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Beccy Greenhalgh* – Labour and Co-operative Party
Guy Ireland – Reform UK
Ellen McGeorge – Liberal Democrat
Paul James Patrick Nolan – Local Conservatives
Freemantle
Catherine Bernadette Clarke – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Katrina De Chazal – Reform UK
Diana Galton – Local Conservatives
Christie Lambert* – Labour and Co-operative Party
Chris Shank – Liberal Democrat
John Charles Thomas Spottiswoode – Green Party
Harefield
Chris Bluemel – Green Party
Martyn Cooper – Liberal Democrat
Rob Harwood – Local Conservatives
Paul Robert Kenny – Labour Party
Barbara Webber – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Millbrook
Vikkie Cheng – Local Conservatives
Christian Cox* – Labour Party
Richard William Fricker – Green Party
Andrew David Howe – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Andrew Paul Landells – Liberal Democrat
Peartree
Lori Foster – Green Party
Tara Foster – Liberal Democrat
Simon Jonathan Letts* – Labour and Co-operative Party
Michael Marx – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Susan Elizabeth Spencer – Local Conservatives
Sam Wright – Reform UK
Portswood
Caroline Jobson – Reform UK
Neil McKinnon Lyon Kelly – Green Party
John Langran – Liberal Democrat
Nicholas Moulton – Local Conservatives
John Savage* – Labour Party
Tony Twine – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Redbridge
John Peter Edwards – Reform UK
Lisa Marie Fricker – Green Party
Eugene McManus – Labour Party
Dave Smith – Local Conservatives
Simon David Stokes – Liberal Democrat
Pete Wyatt – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Shirley
Lucy Michelle Allotey – Green Party
Philip Edward Crook – Reform UK
Andrew Hetherton – Local Conservatives
Parveen Ishfaq – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Alice Kloker – Labour Party
George Edward Percival – Liberal Democrat
Sholing
Jaden William Beaurain* – Local Conservatives
Declan Clune – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Emma Davis – Green Party
Gillian Anne Green – Labour Party
Sharon Pamela Hopkins – Liberal Democrat
Swaythling
Nick Chaffey – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Angela Mary Cotton – Green Party
Thomas Stephen Gravatt – Liberal Democrat
Sharon Mintoff* – Labour Party
Robert Painton – Local Conservatives
Thornhill
Josh Allen* – Labour Party
Clara Oswin Asher – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Edward Bolton – Liberal Democrat
Callum Daniel John Ford – Local Conservatives
Michael Charles John Mawle – Green Party
Woolston
Sue Atkins – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Francis Eric George Hedley – Liberal Democrat
Rob Stead – Local Conservatives
Caitlin Steege – Green Party
Victoria Ugwoeme* – Labour Party
What do I need to vote?
To vote in person at a polling station, residents will need one of the following forms of photo identification (the ID is permitted to be out of date, but must still be a good likeness ):
- UK or Northern Ireland photocard driving licence (full or provisional) or driving licence issued by European Economic Area (EEA) country, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands
- UK passport or passport issued by EEA or Commonwealth country
- blue badge
- older person’s bus pass
- disabled person’s bus pass
- Oyster 60+ Card
- Freedom Pass
- identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card)
- biometric residence permit
- Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card)
- national identity card issued by an EEA state
Where do I vote?
The polling card sent to voters ahead of the election will tell them at which polling station they must cast their vote on May 2.
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