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The full list of candidates who will be standing in May’s council elections in Caerphilly County Borough has been confirmed.
All 31 wards across the county borough will be contested in the elections on May 5, which will see 69 councillors elected.
The full list of candidates standing in each ward in Caerphilly County Borough are below. Not sure what all of this means? Take a look at our council election explainer.
Aber Valley (three seats)
Charlotte Jane Bishop – Plaid Cymru
Joy Morgan – Labour
John Eryl Roberts – Plaid Cymru
John Taylor – Plaid Cymru
Aberbargoed and Bargoed (three seats)
Chris Bissex-Foster – Plaid Cymru
Tudor Davies – Labour
Paul Ted Edwards – Plaid Cymru
Belinda Gingell – Independent
Ken Houston – Plaid Cymru
Dawn Ingram-Jones – Labour
Dianne Price – Labour
Rob Puddefoot – Independent
Abercarn (two seats)
Illtud Jones – Plaid Cymru
Jill Jones – Plaid Cymru
Denver Preece – Labour
Andy Whitcombe – Labour
Argoed (one seat)
Iestyn James – Independent
Shane Parsons – Plaid Cymru
Walter Henry Edgar Williams – Labour
Bedwas and Trethomas (three seats)
Liz Aldworth – Labour
John Anthony Leek – Plaid Cymru
Daniel David Tudor Llewellyn – Plaid Cymru
Kieran Lloyd – Conservative
Lisa Phipps – Labour
Peter Thomas – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Jill Winslade – Labour
Blackwood (three seats)
Nigel Stuart Dix – Independent
Kevin Etheridge – Independent
Andrew Farina-Childs – Independent
Dean Jones – Labour
Hero Marsden – Labour
Cefn Fforest and Pengam (three seats)
Marina Chacon-Dawson – Labour
George Edwards – Independent
Teresa Heron – Labour
Gerwyn James – Independent
Johnny Parker – Conservative
Louise Phillips – Independent
Shane Williams – Labour
Crosskeys (one seat)
Chris Cook – Plaid Cymru
Tony Potts – Liberal Democrats
Julian Simmonds – Labour
Crumlin (two seats)
Mike Davies – Plaid Cymru
Mary Elizabeth Lloyd – Liberal Democrats
Steve Lloyd – Liberal Democrats
Claire Morgan – Plaid Cymru
Carl Thomas – Labour
Kristian Woodland – Labour
Darran Valley (one seat)
Robert Edward Chapman – Labour
Gavin Hughes – Independent
Gilfach (one seat)
Carol Julia Andrews – Labour
Elaine Meredith – Plaid Cymru
Hengoed (two seats)
Donna Cushing – Plaid Cymru
Teresa Parry – Plaid Cymru
Tracey Rowlands – Labour
Rhiannon Stone – Labour
Llanbradach (two seats)
Adam Birkinshaw-Bird – Labour
Rhydian Dafydd Birkenshaw-Bird – Labour
Gary Enright – Plaid Cymru
Colin Mann – Plaid Cymru
Machen and Rudry (two seats)
Steve Aicheler – Liberal Democrats
Gareth Colin Bryant – Liberal Democrats
Chris Morgan – Labour
Amanda McConnell – Labour
Ellis Michael Smith – Conservative
Maesycwmmer (one seat)
Garin Rhys Davies – Plaid Cymru
Jo Rao – Labour
Morgan Jones (three seats)
Anne Broughton-Petit – Labour
Alexis Celnik – Green Party
John Child – Conservatives
Judith Elizabeth Child – Conservatives
Shayne Cook – Labour
Martin John Downes – Plaid Cymru
Mike Prew – Plaid Cymru
Jamie Pritchard – Labour
Mark Andrew Robotham – Plaid Cymru
Moriah and Pontlottyn (two seats)
Alyn Davies – Plaid Cymru
David Harse – Labour
Rhodri Morgan – Plaid Cymru
Mansel Powell – Labour
Nelson (two seats)
Eifion Dafydd – Plaid Cymru
Brett Jenkins – Independent
Aled John – Plaid Cymru
Brenda Miles – Labour
Naomi Ruth Miles – Conservatives
Sean Morgan – Labour
Rod Powell – Independent
New Tredegar (two seats)
Mark Anthony Evans – Labour
Tracey Gifford – Independent
Eluned Stenner – Labour
Faebian Vann – Independent
Newbridge (three seats)
Lyn Ackerman – Plaid Cymru
Kyle Butcher – Conservatives
Christine Edwards – Conservatives
Adrian Hussey – Labour
Leeroy Jeremiah – Labour
Gary Johnston – Labour
Rhys Mills – Plaid Cymru
Wayne Morrisey – Plaid Cymru
Penmaen (two seats)
Kevin Jones – Plaid Cymru
Jim Sadler – Labour
Roy Saralis – Labour
Andrew Short – Plaid Cymru
Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn (four seats)
Greg Ead – Plaid Cymru
Brandon Philip Gorman – Conservatives
Phil Rosser – Labour
Jon Scriven – Plaid Cymru
Steven John Skivens – Plaid Cymru
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle – Plaid Cymru
Pontllanfraith (three seats)
Mike Adams – Labour
Cathrine Clark – Conservatives
Pat Cook – Labour
Colin John Gordon – Labour
Jacob Pearce – Social Democratic Party Wales
Laura Jane Richards – Independent
James Freeman Wells – Independent
Roy Williams – Independent
Risca East (three seats)
Matthew Farrell – Plaid Cymru
Nigel George – Labour
Brandon Ham – Plaid Cymru
Arianna Leonard – Labour
Philippa Leonard – Labour
Alan Thomas – Plaid Cymru
Risca West (two seats)
Rob Derraven – Independent
Bob Owen – Independent
Ceri Wright – Labour
St Cattwg (three seats)
Carmen Marie Bezzina – Labour
Ann Gair – Labour
Catrin Sara Moss – Plaid Cymru
Haydn Pritchard – Plaid Cymru
Judith Ann Pritchard – Plaid Cymru
John Tully Toner – Labour
St Martins (three seats)
Colin Elsbury – Plaid Cymru
James Emanuel Fussell – Plaid Cymru
Stephen Kent – Plaid Cymru
Robert Stanley Lea – Conservative
Cath Lewis – Labour
Twyn Carno (one seat)
Peter Bailie – Independent
Carl Cuss – Labour
Van (two seats)
Christine Forehead – Labour
Elaine Forehead – Labour
Jeff Grenfell – Plaid Cymru
Lynne Hughes – Plaid Cymru
Ynysddu (two seats)
Jan Jones – Independent
Philippa Marsden – Labour
Phoebe Marsden – Labour
Janine Reed – Independent
Ystrad Mynach (two seats)
Alan Angel – Plaid Cymru
Matthew Cook – Labour
Martyn James – Plaid Cymru
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