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A THIRD of Maidstone Council comes up for re-election when the borough goes to the polls on May 22 – and the result could see the council with a more youthful face. Four Conservative candidates are
under 30 and Labour is fielding one of the youngest contenders – student Stephen Taylor (19). Maidstone has 55 councillors: 30 Conservatives, 19 Lib Dems, five In- dependents and one Labour. UKIPis fielding candidates in each
of the 20 seats up for grabs, while Labour is hoping singing nun Theresa Lyons can sway voters in Shepway South, where Labour Cllr MalcolmMcKayholds one of its two seats. A former nun in a French order, Theresa has studied law and worked as a nurse. She is chairman of the Senacre Housing Co-operative and a member of a local choir. Valley Park student Stephen Tay-
lor, who is fighting Shepway North for Labour, plans to read politics and law at the University of Kent. Former councillor Geoff Harvey
and his wife Jean are hoping to gain the two seats in Harrietsham and Lenham for Labour. The council could be “hogged” by
the Tories if brother and sister Roger and Abigail Hogg are elected, join-
ing their father Mike on the Conser- vative benches. Abigail is a parish councillor forTovil while her brother is fighting for Fant. ParkWood Cllr David Burton is a candidate in the “safe” Tory seat of Marden and Yalding, in place of Rodd Nelson-Gracie, who is stand- ing down. JadeWebster, chairman of Parents is the Word, will stand in ParkWood in his stead.
Candidatelist (*=standing councillor)
Allington: Andy Airey (UKIP), Dan Daley* (LD), Barry Ginley (Con), David Thompson (Green) Bearsted: Mike Cuming* (Con), Jeanne Gibson (Labour), Geoff Licence (Ind), Ciaran Oliver (Green), Sarah Pettit (UKIP), Marianna Poliszczuk (Labour), GeoffreySamme(LD) Boxley: Derek Butler* (Con), Steve Gib- son (Labour), Hannah Patton (Green), MikeWardle (UKIP), Danny Wright (LD) Bridge: Donna Greenan (Green), JamesHill (UKIP), Stuart Mallison (Con), Sandra McDowell (Lab), David Pickett* (LD) Coxheath & Hunton: Brian Mortimer* (LD), Clive Parker (Con), Stella Randall (Labour), KeithWoollven (UKIP) East: Richard Coates (Lab), Tony Denni- son (Con),Nicola Fissenden (LD),Gareth Kendall (UKIP), Jim Shalice (Green)
Other stalwarts leaving the council include former mayor and cabinet member Eric Hotson (20 years with Maidstone Council and amemberof KCC), Jenefer Gibson (28 years rep- resenting Headcorn) and Mike Yates, a member for 15 years, serv- ing Shepway North. Although Tom Sams stepped
down as an Independent member for Harrietsham and Lenham in
Fant: Paul Harper (Lab), Roger Hogg (Con), Stuart Jeffery (Green), Sam Roach (LD), Roy Smith (UKIP) Harrietsham & Lenham (two seats): John Barned* (Con),Geoff Harvey (Lab), JeanHarvey(Lab),MazMichaelas (Con), EddiePoweel (UKIP), JanettaSams(Ind) Headcorn:PeterEdwards-Daem(UKIP), Jim Grogan (Labour), Penny Kemp (Green), Martin Round (Con) Heath: Richard Chapman (Lab), Brian Moss* (Con), Irene Shepherd (Green), Colin Taylor (UKIP), James Willis (LD) High Street: Clive English* (LD), Jackie Hemsted (UKIP), Sam Lain-Rose (Con), Wendy Lewis (Green), Lawrence Miller (Lab), JackieHemsted (UKIP),David Sa- vory (Ind) Marden&Yalding:David Burton (Con), Edith Davis (Lab), Nicholas Fenn (LD), Ian McDonald (Green), ErickaOlivares- Penroz (UKIP) North(two seats):Keith Adkinson (Lab),
March, his wife Janetta, a parish councillor in Harrietsham, is stand- ing in his place. Clive Parker, chairman of Cox-
heath Parish Council, is standing for the Conservatives in Coxheath & Hunton, while the chairman of Sta- plehurst Parish Council, John Perry, is hoping to replace Eric Hotson. There are also parish council elec- tions in East Sutton and Tovil.
Derek Eagle (Green), Charles Elliott (UKIP), Tony Harwood* (LD), Michael Hemsley (Con), Tommy Long (LD), Adrian Tilley (UKIP), Jeff Tree (Con) Park Wood: Milden Choongo (LD), ChristineEdwards-Daem(UKIP),Naomi Fearon (Lab), Joan Langrick (Green), Carol Vizzard (Ind), JadeWebster (Con) ShepwayNorth:GaryButler (EngDem), SimonElls (UKIP), StephenMuggeridge (Green), SteveSheppard(Con), Stephen Taylor (Lab),David Williams (LD) Shepway South: Patrik Garton (Con), Theresa Lyons (Lab), Doug Perkins (LD), Dave Sargeant (UKIP) South: Patrick Coates (Labour),Wendy Hedgecock (Green), Abigail Hogg (Con),Derek Mortimer* (LD),PaulWood- ing (UKIP) Staplehurst: Paul Butcher (Ind), Jamie Kalmar (UKIP), Robin Kinrade (Green), John Perry (Con), John Randall (Lab), PaulinaWatson (LD)
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