Who will get your vote? We reveal all Milton Keynes Council election candidates
By David Tooley, local democracy reporter
Published 10th Apr 2019, 17:56 GMT
Updated 10th Apr 2019, 17:57 GMT
Voters from across Milton Keynes will go to the polls on May 2 to elect 19 councillors to serve on the borough council for four years.
Of the 19 available seats, 12 are currently held by the Conservatives, four by Labour, two are Lib Dems and there is one Independent. Six of the 12 Conservative councillors are not seeking re-election; Ann Clancy, Maggie Geaney, Andrew Buckley, Lynn Patey-Smith, Denise Brunning and Geetha Morla. Across the borough Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens are fielding candidates in all 19 wards, with 18 Conservatives in the running. There are also six UKIP candidates across the borough, one Independent, and one candidate for the Women’s Equality Party. Here is the full breakdown of candidates standing for election:
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Cllr Emily Darlington (Lab) will be challenged by Jo Breen, (Green), Stephen Clark, (Lib Dem), and Angela Susan Kenney (Cons).
Ann Clancy (Con) is not standing. Nabeel Nazir (Con) will be hoping to beat Sean Nathan Barnes (Lib Dem), UKIP's Jane Anne Duckworth, Ed Hume (Lab).
Maggie Geaney (Con) is not standing. The candidates are UKIPs Karl Alan Patrick Downey, Matt Drewett (Lib Dem), Joe French (Green) Conservative Mo Imran (Con) and Lauren Jane Townsend (Lab)
Lib Dem Cllr Robin Bradburn will be challenged by Stephen Michael Brown (Lab), Krishnamurthy Panthula (Con), and Colin Weaving (Green)
Cllr Catriona Morris (Con) will be up against Kerrie Cheri Bradburn, (Lib Dem Focus Team); Ola Oladoye, (Lab), and Alex Price (Green).
Jane Deborah Whild (Women's Equality Party); Peter McDonald (Con); Carol Barac (Green), Adan Jama Kahin (Lab); Paul Duncan Trendall (Lib Dem)
Paul Williams (Lab); Hilarie Jane Bowman (Green), Russell Frederick Houchin (Lib Dem), and Darron James Kendrick (Ind).
Cllr Alice Jenkins (Con); David Richard Cockfield (Labour), Flo Montague (Lib Dem), Peter Skelton (Green).
