Candidates for East Devon District Council and Honiton Town Council election named

The candidates standing for election to East Devon District Council and Honiton Town Council have been named.

East Devon District Council have confirmed who will be standing in wards across the district in the local elections, which are taking place on May 4.

The deadline for nominations was 4pm on April 4.

Honiton has two wards - St. Michael's and St. Paul's. 

East Devon will go to the polls on May 4 (LDRS)

Town Council election

Candidates for St. Michael's (10 councillors to be elected)

• Melvyn Baldock
• Jenny Brown 
• Joanne Fotheringham 
• Helen Hurford 
• Nicholas Ingham 
• Cathy Maunder
• Tony McCollumn
• Lauren Passmore-Stuart 
• Robert Sexton 
• John Taylor 
• Sharon Thorne 
• Lucy Wakefield 

Candidates for St. Paul's (8 councillors to be elected)

• Kate Cloke 
• Roy Coombs
• Steve Craddock 
• Joseph Furneaux-Gotch 
• Debbie Hulin 
• Stephen Keene 
• Caroline Kolek 
• Andrew Pearsall 
• Serena Sexton 

Election of District Councillors 

St. Michael's Ward (3 councillors to be elected):

• Violet Bonetta (Labour)
• Jenny Brown (Conservative)
• Paul Carter (Conservative)
• Roy Collins (The Liberal Party)
• Brice Cornelius (Conservative)
• Joanne Fotheringham (Independent) 
• Nicholas Ingham (Independent)

St. Paul's Ward (2 councillors to be elected)

• Tony McCollum (Independent)
• John O'Leary (Conservative)
• Andrew Pearsall (Conservative)
• John Taylor (unknown) 

You need to be registered in order to vote. If you aren't registered to vote, you can register here. You will also need to bring voter ID for this election.