Election candidates announced

From the archive, first published Tuesday 10th Apr 2007.

Candidates for the district and town council elections on May 3 have been announced.

Changes in Braintree district include the stepping down of Councillor Peter Turner (Lib Dem, Black Notley and Terling) after 23 years. He has moved to Suffolk, where he will be standing in the local elections there for the Leavenheath ward.

Mr Turner said: "It's the end of an era."

Also stepping down are Councillor Michael Haslem (Con, Bocking Blackwater), and Councillor Neil Coughlan (Lab) will not be contesting his seat in Braintree East, but will stand instead for Hatfield Peverel ward, where Councillor David Finch (Con) also steps down, and will now stand for Braintree South ward.

Councillor Nigel Edey (Con) hopes to take the Braintree East seat away from Labour, and is backing younger candidate Malcolm Dunn (Con) to step into his shoes in Coggeshall and North Feering ward.

Mr Edey, 70, said: "In the present political climate I think I'll have a reasonable chance in a fight against Labour."

Councillor Roy Cavinder (Lib Dem, Braintree Central) will also not be contesting his seat on May 3, and Great Notley and Braintree West Councillor Arthur Jenner is also stepping down after four years on the council, due to work committments.

Candidates have until noon, April 11, to withdrawn their nomination.

Braintree District Council:

Black Notley and Terling - Tony Bennett (Lab), Margaret Galione (Con), Andrew Meyer (Con), Juliet Walton (Lab), Anthony Weaver (Lib Dem), Joyce Wells (Green).

Bocking Blackwater - Terry Brooks (Lib Dem), Michael Coughlan (Lab), Liz Edey (Con), Richard Green (Lab), Richard Parsons (Lab), David Reid (Con), Wendy Schmitt (Con).

Bocking North - Tony Everard (Lab), Eileen Fierheller (Lib Dem), Michael Ford (UKIP), David Mann (Lab), Vanessa Santomauro (Con), Jennifer Smith (Con).

Bocking South - John Baugh (Con), Peter Braley (Lib Dem), Stephen Sandbrook (Con), Moia Thorogood (Lab), Lynn Watson (Lab).

Bradwell, Silver End And Rivenhall - James Abbott (Green), Philip Hughes (Green) Tony Tearle (Lab), Greta Tew (Lab).

Braintree Central - Agnes Bishop (Lab), Pauline Brooks (Lib Dem), Rachel Brunton (Green), Bill Edwards (Lab), Martin Green (Lab), Trevor McArdle (Con), John McKee (Con), Lene Shepherd (Con).

Braintree East - Elwyn Bishop (Lab), Eileen Davidson (Lab), Caroline Denise (Con), Nigel Edey (Con), Paul Lemon (Lib Dem), Eric Lynch (Lab), David Messer (Con), Keith Miller (Lib Dem), Philip Shute (UKIP).

Braintree South - Gordon Currie (Lab), Albert Day (English Democrats) David Finch (Con), Holmes Dawn (Green), Michael Lynch (Lab), Allan Millam (Lab), David Morse (Con), Doug Rice (Lib Dem), Russell Wilkins (Con).

Bumpstead - John Collar (Con), Steven Trumm (Lab).

Coggeshall and North Feering - Robert Alston (Lab), Malcolm Dunn (Con), Cathie Joyce (Lab), Patricia Newton (Con).

Cressing and Stisted - Lynette Flint (Essex Ind), Michael Shirvington (Lab).

Gosfield and Greenstead Green - Maureen Bennett (Lab), John O'Reilly-Cicconi (Con).

Great Notley and Braintree West - Graham Butland (Con), Daniel Ezra (Lab), Steven Goodfellow (Lab), David Rice (Lib Dem), Claire Sandbrook (Con), Richard Tincknell (Lab), Roger Walters (Con), Tony Watts (Ind).

Halstead St Andrews - Adrian Axtell (Lab), Raymond Brown (English Democrats), Nancy Freeman (Lab), Beryl Gage (Hal Res), Michael Gage (Hal Res), David Hume (Hal Res),Grahame Mccoyd (Lab).

Halstead Trinity - Malcolm Fincken (Lab), Stuart Gilbert (Lab), Howard Messenger (Hal Res), Jacqueline Pell (Hal Res).

Hatfield Peverel - David Bebb (Con), Keith Bigden (Con), Neil Coughlan (Lab), Carole Anne Hine (Lab).

Hedingham and Maplestead - Jo Beavis (Con), Steve Bolter (Lib Dem), John Kotz (Lab), Noël Owen (Lab), Wendy Scattergood (Con), Ted Snarey (Lab), Fred Swallow (Con).

Kelvedon - Thomas Foster (Con), Cheryl Gerrard (Green), Terrence Lazell (Lab), Ian Marshall (Lab), Robert Mitchell (Con).

Panfield - Carl May-smith (Lab), Tim Wilkinson (Con).

Rayne - Mike Banthorpe (Con), Lesley Beckett (Lib Dem), Colin Morris (English Democrats), Ken Tew (Lab).

Stour Valley North - Nigel Harley (Con), Betty Kotz (Lab).

Stour Valley South - Alan Crowe (Lib Dem), Fred Hearn (Lab), Tony Shelton (Con).

The Three Colnes - Holly Barlow (Lab), Jim Bond (Ind),Bernard Gaught (Ind),Daisy Marshall (Lab), Rosemary O'Shea (Con), Gabrielle Spray (Con).

Three Fields - John Finbow (Con), Corinne Green (Lab), Miles Scrivens (Lab), Simon Walsh (Con).

Upper Colne - Robert Bolton (Con), Peter Long (Lab).

Witham Chipping Hill & Central - Phil Barlow (Lab), Nelson Brunton (Green), Pamela Hooper (Lib Dem), Sandra Howell (Con), Michael Lager (Con), Cynthia Woodhouse (Lab).

Witham North - Paula Cohen (Con), Bob Evans (Lab), John Gyford (Lab), Patricia Lee (Con), Nicholas Scales (Green).

Witham South - Stephanie Bills (Green), Patricia Brunton (Green), Bernard Dearlove (Lib Dem), John Elliott (Con), Paul Heath (Lab), Jacqueline Martin (Lab), Janet Money (Con), Ron Ramage (Con), Wayne Tearle (Lab).

Witham West - Lucy Barlow (Lab), Kerin Boylan (Lab), Barry Fleet (Lib Dem), Stephen Hicks (Green), Stephen Lambourne (Con), Wendy Partridge (Green), Joy Reekie (Lib Dem), Bill Rose (Con), Kathie Tearle (Lab), Helen Waring (Lib Dem).

Yeldham -David Green (Lab), Nigel McCrea (Con).