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)
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