The list of candidates for the next elections to sit on the municipal council of Sutton Coldfield for the next four years has been confirmed. The elections will take place on Thursday May 5, alongside the Birmingham City Council elections, with every seat on both councils up for grabs.
Some 67 people registered on the ballot for Sutton’s eight wards. The Conservatives are contesting all the seats with 24 candidates, and the Liberal Democrats are contesting all but two of the 24 available seats, with 22 candidates, a big jump from the last two elections.
Labor is taking a more strategic approach, with 13 candidates, the most, four, in its current city stronghold, Vesey ward. While the Green Party has five candidates in total and the Sutton Residents’ Party, formerly the Sutton Independents, has three candidates.
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At town council level, there are two seats in Four Oaks, two in Mere Green, two in Reddicap, three in Roughley, three in Trinity, five in Vesey, two in Wylde Green and five in Walmley and Minworth. All but three of the current 24 advisers are running again.
Three Tories step down — Planning and Highways Chair Clare Horrocks (Four Oaks, Cons.), Joanne Ellis (Walmley and Minworth, Cons.) and Samuel Hodins (Wylde Geen, Cons.) are not all looking to be re-elected.
Two former city councilors, who were part of the class of 2016, but not in 2018, are running again. Independent Liz Parry is running for Vesey again, after losing her seat in 2018, while former Conservative councilor John Perks, who was elected in 2016, stood down in 2018, is running for re-election in 2022 in Walmley and Minworth.
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The votes will take place on the same day that voters choose their municipal councillors. You can see a full list of candidates running for Birmingham City Council here. There are 24 candidates running for the two councils.
In alphabetical order: Ben Auton (Green Party), Joseph Blenkinsop (Labour), Jan Cairns (Conservatives), Zoe Challenor (Labour), David Cooke (Liberal Democrats), Frank Eperjesi (Conservatives), Linda Hudson (Green Party), Terry Johnson (Labour), Mark Lewis (Liberal Democrats), Ewan Mackey (Conservatives), Colin Marriot (Green Party), Brandon Masih (Liberal Democrats), Rachel McCollin (Green Party), Pat Mika (Labour), Richard Parkin (Conservatives) , David Pears (Conservatives), Rob Pocock (Labour), Peter Quinn (Labour), Dr Paul Richardson (Liberal Democrats), Kath Scott (Labour), Dr John Spencer (Liberal Democrats), Regine Wilber (Liberal Democrats), Jenny Wilkinson (Liberal Democrats) and David Willett (Liberal Democrats).
The full list of candidates for the Royal Sutton Coldfield City Council election on May 5:
Four Oaks (two councilors from):
Janis Dewsbury – Labor
Linda Hudson – Green Party
Richard Ng – Liberal Democrats
Mark Roberts – Conservative Party
Quartier Simon – Conservative Party
David Willett – Liberal Democrats
Mother Green (two advisers):
Stephen Allsop – Liberal Democrats
George Bailey – Labor
Jacqueline Cummins – Conservative Party
Nitish Raut – Conservative Party
Regine Wilbur – Liberal Democrats
Reddicap (two advisors):
Julie Ashley-Higgins – Labor
Ben Auton – Green Party
Tony Briggs – Conservative Party
James Chandler – Liberal Democrats
Richard Parkin – Conservative Party
Marion Swaffield – Labor
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Roughley (three advisers):
Jonathan Bates – Liberal Democrats
Ewan Mackey – Conservative Party
Pat Mika – Labor Party
Philip Mills – Liberal Democrats
Jane Mosson – Conservative Party
Harry Parmar – Conservative Party
Kamil Szaladzinski – Liberal Democrats
Trinity (three advisors):
David Allan – Conservative Party
Joseph Blenkinsop – Labor
Christina Brown – Liberal Democrats
Jennifer Gray – Liberal Democrats
Rachel McCollin – Green Party
David O’Hagan – Sutton Residents Day
David Pears – Conservative Party
Peter Quinn – Labor Party
Keith Ward – Conservative Party
Jenny Wilkinson – Liberal Democrats
Vesey (five advisers):
Jan Cairns – Conservative Party
Maria Caserio – Conservative Party
Rebecca Clarke – Liberal Democrats
Peter Davies – Liberal Democrats
Frank Eperjesi – Conservative Party
Max Hatton – work
Alison Jolley – Conservative Party
Mark Lewis – Liberal Democrats
Brandon Masih – Liberal Democrats
Liz Parry – Sutton Residents Day
Rob Pocock – work
Manish Puri – Work
Dr. Paul Richardson – Liberal Democrats
Kath Scott – work
Samuel Simper – Conservative Party
Wylde Green (two advisers):
Leeford Allen – Conservative Party
Zoe Challenor – Green Party
Terry Johnson – work
Amy Millichope – Conservative Party
Alan Mold – Sutton Residents Day
Dr John Spencer – Liberal Democrats
Nora Warnaby – Liberal Democrats
Walmley & Minworth (five advisers):
Charlotte Ashley-Higgins – Labor
David Cooke – Liberal Democrats
John Cooper – Conservative Party
James Garrington – Liberal Democrats
Derrick Griffin – Conservative Party
Colin Marriott – Green Party
Charlie Moore – Liberal Democrats
John Perks – Conservative Party
Ivan Ratschkewucz – Liberal Democrats
Terry Wood – Conservative Party
Cindy Yip – Conservative Party
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