HERE is a full list of candidates standing for town and community councils in Caerphilly next month.

Aber Valley Community Council

Abertridwr Ward

(Six seats)

Menna Elisabeth Battle – Plaid Cymru

Lyndon John Binding – Plaid Cymru

Sue Cuddihy – Plaid Cymru

Betty Prendergast – Plaid Cymru

Timothy Richard – Plaid Cymru

John Eryl Roberts – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Senghenydd Ward

(Five seats)

Dale Berry – Plaid Cymru

Deborah Daniels – Plaid Cymru

Anthony Diblasi – Plaid Cymru

Mark Stretch – Plaid Cymru

John Taylor – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Argoed Community Council

Argoed Ward

(Four Seats)

David King – Independent

Garry William Lewis – Independent

John Watkins – Independent

Mick Williams – Independent

(Uncontested)

Hollybush Ward

(Two seats)

Keith Mills – UKIP Wales

(Uncontested – one seat vacant)

Manmoel Ward

(One seat)

Arthur Davies – Independent

(Uncontested)

Markham Ward

(Seven seats)

Steven Blakeman – Independent

Anna Lavinia Jones – Independent

Hilary Rowlands – Independent

Walter Henry Edgar Williams – Independent

(Uncontested – three seats vacant)

Bargoed Town Council

Aberbargoed Ward

(Four seats)

Alan George Collis – Labour

John Thomas Halvey – Labour

Alan Gerald Higgs – Labour

Susan A Horton – Labour

Thomas Nutt – Plaid Cymru

Bargoed Ward

(Five seats)

Josie Bissex – Labour

Suzanne Elizabeth Davies-Lewis Labour

Anne Green – Plaid Cymru

Susan Hamer-Thomas – Labour

James Kerby – Independent

Andrew Thomas Nutt – Plaid Cymru

Dianne Price – Labour

Vivienne Stephens – Labour

Kevin Phillip Viney – Plaid Cymru

Marian Viney – Plaid Cymru

David Barnard Walters – Independent

Gilfach Ward

(Two seats)

Lindsey Harding – Labour

Ken Houston – Plaid Cymru

Howard Lyndon Llewellyn – Labour

Park Ward

(Two seats)

Reginald John Carroll – Welsh Labour

Belinda Cameilia Gingell – Independent

Gill Jones – Plaid Cymru

David Stuart Morgan – Welsh Labour

Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen Community Council

Bedwas Ward

(Four seats)

David James Davies – Labour

Emma Louise Davies – Labour

Lisa Phipps – Labour

Jill Winslade – Labour

(Uncontested)

Machen Ward

(Five seats)

June Gale – Labour

Derek Havard – Labour

Brian James – Labour

Amanda Patricia McConnell – Labour

Christopher Morgan – Labour

Jan Walsh – Independent

Trethomas Ward

(Three seats)

Liz Aldworth – Labour

Keith Regan – Labour

Phil Rosser – Labour

(Uncontested)

Blackwood Town Council

Blackwood Central Ward

(Four seats)

Paula Dauncey – Labour

Jim Edwards – Independent

Darren Jones – Plaid Cymru

Andrew Short – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Blackwood North Ward

(Four seats)

Carol Anne Erasmus – Plaid Cymru

Janet Griffiths – Labour

Jan Weeks – Independent

Rob Weeks – Independent

(Uncontested)

Blackwood South Ward

(Three seats)

Bill Baber – Independent

Jim Criddle – Plaid Cymru

Zoe Alexandra Hammond – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Cefn Fforest East Ward

(Five seats)

Pat Cook – Labour

Delwyn Davies – Independent

Andrew David Farina-Childs – Independent

Noel Geoffrey Turner – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Caerphilly Town Council

Bryncenydd Ward

(One seat)

Matthew Richard Ferris – Plaid Cymru

James Pritchard – Labour

Castle Ward

(Two seats)

Norma Graham – Labour

Jenny Hibbert – Plaid Cymru

Steve Kent – Plaid Cymru

John Harry Pettit – Labour

Cwrt Rawlins Ward

(Two seats)

Colin Elsbury – Plaid Cymru

James Emmanuel – Plaid Cymru

Parcyfelin Ward

(Three seats)

Phil Bevan – Plaid Cymru

Roger Anthony Bidgood – Plaid Cymru

Lisa Burrows – Plaid Cymru

Shelly Hodder – Labour

Susan Jenkins – Labour

Luisa Charlotte Anne Pettit – Labour

Tonyfelin Ward

(One seat)

Shayne Cook – Labour

Mike Prew – Plaid Cymru

Twyn Ward

(Two seats)

Anne Olivia Broughton-Pettit – Labour

Tony Graham – Labour

Jeff Grenfell – Plaid Cymru

Huw Vaughan Jackson – Plaid Cymru

Richard Williams – UKIP

Watford Ward

(One seat)

Anne East – Labour

Simon Morgan – Plaid Cymru

Hazel Norris – UKIP

Darran Valley Community Council

Deri Ward

(Four seats)

Helen Holifield – Labour

Gaynor Matthews – Labour

David Nicholas – Labour

Clive Richard Roberts – Labour

(Uncontested)

Fochriw Ward

(Five seats)

Robert Chapman – Labour

David Thomas Hardacre – Labour

Keiron David O’Hagan – Independent

Paul Anthony Roberts – Labour

Pamela Thomas – Labour

Ann Vincent – Labour

Draethen, Waterloo and Rudry Community Council

Llanfedw Ward

(Two seats)

Kevin Myles – Independent

Rhydygwern Ward

(Two seats)

Margaret Mary Jones – Independent

Emma Lamb – Independent

(Uncontested)

Rudry Ward

(Five seats)

Andrew Paul Diplock – Independent

Joe Farace – Independent

Jayne Elizabeth Garland – Plaid Cymru

Terence William Hall – Independent

Vassilia Williams – Independent

(Uncontested)

Gelligaer Community Council

Cascade Ward

(Two seats)

Christine Margaret David – Labour

Wynne David – Labour

(Uncontested)

Cefn Hengoed Ward

(Two seats)

Donna Cushing – Plaid Cymru

Simon Alexander Milford – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Greenhill Ward

(Three seats)

Roger Ronald Bevan – Plaid Cymru

Carmen Marie Bezzina – Labour

William John Griffiths – Labour

Thomas Herbert Matthews – Labour

Wyndham Matthews – Plaid Cymru

Hengoed Ward

(Two seats)

Mark Anthony Boyland – Labour

Teresa Elizabeth Parry – Plaid Cymru

Judith Ann Pritchard – Plaid Cymru

Tiryberth Ward

(One seat)

Jessica Alfonso Robledo – Plaid Cymru

Susan Ellen Griffiths – Labour

Ystrad Mynach Ward

(Three seats)

Alan Patrick Angel – Plaid Cymru

Martyn Paul James – Plaid Cymru

Kerry Jones – Labour

Richard Euan Osborne – Plaid Cymru

Llanbradach and Pwllpant Community Council

Llanbradach Ward

(Four seats)

Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw – Labour

Wally Good – Plaid Cymru

Beci Newton – Plaid Cymru

Stephen Taviner – Plaid Cymru

Bethan Louise Thomas – Labour

Cath Thomas – Plaid Cymru

Pwllypant Ward

(One seat)

Adrian Clifford – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Wingfield Ward

(Four seats)

Colin Peter Mann – Plaid Cymru

Christopher Paul – Plaid Cymru

Ann Reed – Plaid Cymru

Dai Rees – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Maesycwmmer Community Council

(Nine seats)

David William Nathan Cocks – Labour

Maureen Harries – Labour

Ann Jones – Plaid Cymru

Tony Joynes – Independent

Jo Rao – Labour

Clive Williams – Labour

Diane Williams – Labour

Robin Woodyatt – Labour

(Uncontested)

Nelson Community Council

Llanfabon Ward

(Three seats)

Pamela Baldwin – Labour

Gillian Mary Davies – Independent

Sean Iestyn Morgan – Labour

(Uncontested)

Llwncelyn Ward

(Six seats)

Zara Barnett-Jones – Labour

Laura Dufty – Labour

Ann Gray – Labour

Len Lewis – Labour

Brenda Mair Miles – Labour

(Uncontested)

New Tredegar Community Council

Brithdir Ward

(Two seats)

Leslie Lewis – Independent

Stephanie Lauren Mills – Labour

(Uncontested)

Cwmsyfiog Ward

(Three seats)

Michael Hardacre – Independent

David Edward William Woodman – Independent

Wendy Maud Woodman – Independent

(Uncontested)

New Tredegar Ward

(Three seats)

David Charles Phillips – Independent

Michael Gordon Roberts – Labour

Kevin Michael Rodgers – Independent

(Uncontested)

Phillipstown Ward

(Three seats)

Mark Anthony Evans – Labour

Patricia Irene Jones – Labour

Eluned Stenner – Labour

(Uncontested)

Tirphil Ward

(Two seats)

Angharad White – Independent

Edward White – Independent

(Uncontested)

Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn Community Council

Energlyn Ward

(Two seats)

Greg Ead – Plaid Cymru

Steven John Skivens – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)

Penyrheol Ward

(Four seats)

Bill Allen – Plaid Cymru

Lawrence Andrews – UKIP

Susan Sian Dickens – Plaid Cymru

Sandra Jones – Labour

Sian Llinos Skivens – Plaid Cymru

Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle – Plaid Cymru

Dave Zenati-Parsons – Labour

Trecenydd Ward

(Five seats)

Susan Denise Ap Hywel – Plaid Cymru

Terence George Ap Hywel – Plaid Cymru

Huw Rhodri Davies – Labour

Janice Anne Davies – Labour

Peredur Owen-Griffiths – Plaid Cymru

Andrew William Pennington – Plaid Cymru

Jon Scriven – Plaid Cymru

Rhymney Community Council

Abertysswg Ward

(Three seats)

John Bevan – Labour

Lorraine Gronow – Labour

Dai Harse – Labour

(Uncontested)

Moriah Ward

(Three seats)

Dawn Bradley – Labour

Leonard John Dykes – Labour

Malcolm Lynn Thomas – Labour

(Uncontested)

Pontlottyn Ward

(Three seats)

Elizabeth James – Labour

Gaynor Denise Oliver – Labour

Percival Royston Oliver – Labour

(Uncontested)

St David’s Ward

(Two seats)

David W Morris – Labour

(Uncontested)

Twyn Carno Ward

(Four seats)

John Edward Hughes – Independent

Dai Williams – Labour

Hilda M Williams – Labour

(Uncontested)

Risca East Community Council

Pontymister Ty Sign

(Four seats)

Dai Davies – Labour

Zoe Elizabeth Davies – Labour

Robert John Derraven – Labour

Nigel George – Labour

(Uncontested)

Pontymister Upper Ward

(Two seats)

John Blackburn – Independent

Matthew Farrell – Independent

Sue Thorne – Labour

Trenewydd Ward

(Three seats)

Arianna Krystina Leonard – Labour

Phillippa Leonard – Labour

(Uncontested)

Risca West Community Council

Danygraig Ward

(One seat)

Michael Desmond Parker – Independent

(Uncontested)

Pontymister Lower Ward

(One seat)

Brian John Hancock – Independent

(Uncontested)

Risca Town and Fernlea

(Three seats)

Anthony Davies – Independent

Sally Ann Davies – Independent

Joy Parsons – Independent

(Uncontested)

Ty Isaf Fields Ward

(Three seats)

Hazel Elise Margaret Dupre – Independent

Louise Stephens – Independent

(Uncontested)

Van Community Council

Brynau Ward

(Two seats)

Fay Gay – Labour

Sam Gould – UKIP

(Uncontested)

Lansbury Ward

(Four seats)

Barbara Avril Jones – Labour

John Anthony Leek – Plaid Cymru

Pamela Nelder – Independent

(Uncontested)

Porset Ward

(Four seats)

Russell Martin Deacon – Independent

Sheila Newbury – Labour

Linda Teresa Williams – Plaid Cymru

(Uncontested)