IN JUST under a month’s time, Test Valley Borough Council could have a completely new set of members holding its new 43 seats.
This is because the authority’s quadrennial elections, on May 2, will involve residents voting for candidates to take over the area’s new wards, which comes after a shake-up of the boundaries.
But this will mean that the current 48 members will be reduced by five, with many fighting for seats that they weren’t holding before.
One of those will be leader of Test Valley Borough Phil North, whose Alamein seat will be dissolved.
The decision to make the changes were made after recommendations from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England were accepted back in 2017. Inspectors said that the boundary lines should be re-jigged to form eight three-councillor wards, seven two-councillor wards and five one-councillor wards across the borough.
Ward names were also chosen to reflect community ties, the commission said.
The boundary changes, which are the first since 2000, were driven by the need to “reduce costs” and make the authority “more efficient”.
As reported, the proposals were greeted with cross-party support when presented to full council in 2016.
Here is a list of each candidate running for election in the new wards:
Ampfield & Braishfield
Martin Hatley, Conservative
Viv Mackay, Labour
Sally Yalden, Lib Dem
Andover Downlands
Adam Buckenham, Labour
Christopher Donnelly, Conservative
Lee Fort, Andover Alliance
Nick Lodge, Conservative
Edwin Treadwell, Andover Alliance
Andover Harroway
Lauren Banville, Andover Alliance
Carl Borg-Neal, Conservative
Tony Burley, Conservative
Peter Cooper, Labour
Dorothy Day, Andover Alliance
Andrew Fitchet, Labour
Luigi Gregori, Lib Dem
Karen Hamilton, Conservative
Robin Hughes, Lib Dem
Josephine Msonthi, Lib Dem
Peter Scott, Andover Alliance
Andover Millway
Scott Blackmore, Andover Alliance
Zilliah Brooks, Conservative
Christopher Ecclestone, Andover Alliance
Sandra Hawke, Conservative
Jim Neal, Conservative
Alison Watts, Andover Alliance
Andover Romans
Barbara Carpenter, Lib Dem
Graeme Davis, Andover Alliance
Scott Hall, Labour
Kevin Hughes, Lib Dem
Richard Kidd, Lib Dem
Nick Matthews, Conservative
Lenka Mead, Andover Alliance
Kirsty North, Conservative
Tracey Preston, Conservative
David Treadwell, Andover Alliance
Andover St Mary’s
Iris Andersen, Conservative
Katherine Bird, Lib Dem
John Cockaday, Conservative
David Denny, Conservative
Kevin Farrer, Andover Alliance
Michael James, Andover Alliance
Nigel Long, Independent
Michael Mumford, Labour
Victoria Thorp, Andover Alliance
Andover Winton
Jan Budzynski, Conservative
Rebecca Meyer, Andover Alliance
Pam Mutton, Conservative
Richard Rowles, Andover Alliance
Anna Ward
David Coole, Andover Alliance
Ben Few Brown, Conservative
Maureen Flood, Conservative
Maureen Treadwell, Andover Alliance
Blackwater
Nick Adams-King, Conservative
Gordon Bailey, Conservative
Brexit Cadier, Independent
Christopher Craig, Labour
Charlton & The Pentons
Linda Lashbrook, Conservative
Lance Mitchell, Green
Rebecca Speculo, Andover Alliance
Norman Woods, UKIPC
Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
Nige Anderdon, Conservative
Clive Anderson, Lib Dem
Sharon Blackett, Labour
Phil Bundy, Conservative
Karen Dunleavey, Lib Dem
Alison Finlay, Conservative
Brian Richards, Lib Dem
Harewood
David Drew, Conservative
Georgina Roberts, Andover Alliance
Mid Test
Paul Burnage, Lib Dem
Ian Jeffrey, Conservative
Alison Johnston, Conservative
Harry Paul, Lib Dem
Sally Saunders, Labour
Tony Ward, Conservative
North Baddesley
Simon Cross, Lib Dem
Celia Dowden, Lib Dem
Alan Higginson, Conservative
Derek Langford, Conservative
Andy Milligan, Conservative
Alan Warnes, Lib Dem
Romsey Abbey
Stuart Bannerman, Labour
Mark Bramley, Conservative
Nik Daas, Lib Dem
Sandra Gidley, Lib Dem
Simon Hayes, Conservative
Romsey Cupernham
Lynne Askey, Conservative
Dorothy Baverstock, Lib Dem
Janet Burnage, Lib Dem
Phil Griffiths, Labour
Neil Gwynne, Lib Dem
Ian Hibberd, Independent
John Ray, Conservative
Janett Whitely, Conservative
Romsey Tadburn
Mark Cooper, Lib Dem
Simon Cotton, Labour
Dave Maslen, Conservative
John Parker, Lib Dem
Ian Richards, Conservative
Valley Park
Jillie Curtis, Conservative
Roger Curtis, Conservative
Alan Dowden, Lib Dem
Christopher Thom, Lib Dem
David Watson, Labour
NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION
Bourne Valley
Phil North, Conservative
Bellinger
Phil Lashbrook, Conservative
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