SILHILLIANS are set to head to the polls next Thursday (May 5)to decide who makes the tough choices at Solihull Council.
Voters are being asked to have a say on who will represent their area on the local authority.
Solihull Council is encouraging voters to wear a mask inside the polling station and bring their own pen or pencil.
There will be masks and sanitiser available at each polling station.
Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on May 5.
The candidates standing in each ward are:
Bickenhill
Margaret Brittin – Labour Party
Paul McCabe – Liberal Democrats
Mark Pearson – Green Party
Gail Sleigh – Conservative Party
Blythe
Richard Holt – Conservative Party
Carol Linfield – Green Party
Jacqueline Sowsber-Moore – Labour Party
Christopher Wyatt – Liberal Democrats
Castle Bromwich
Emma Chidler – Labour Party
Alan Feeney – Conservative Party
Antony Lowe – Green Party
Chelmsley Wood
Hazel Dawkins – Labour and Co-operative Party
Stephen Rymer – Green Party
Steve Temperton – Conservative Party
Dorridge and Hockley Heath
Jon Brittin – Labour Party
Ian Courts – Conservative Party
David Godfrey – Liberal Democrats
Jane Holt – Green Party
Elmdon
Sarah Alan – Labour Party
Leslie Kaye – Conservative Party
Laura McCarthy – Liberal Democrats
Kingshurst and Fordbridge
David Cole – Conservative Party
Bernadette Donnelly – Green Party
Sam Mather – Labour and Co-operative Party
Knowle
Mark Amphlett – Green Party
Diana Holl-Allen – Conservative Party
Simon Johnson – Labour Party
Kate Jones – Liberal Democrats
Lyndon
Ade Adeyemo – Liberal Democrats
Sheila Brookes – Labour and Co-operative Party
Sardul Marwa – Conservative Party
Meriden
Andrew Burrow – Conservative Party
Cathy Connan – Labour Party
Sheila Cooper – Green Party
Olton
Michael Carthew – Liberal Democrats
Keith Green – Conservative Party
Antony Oseland – Labour Party
Shirley East
John Dufficy – Labour Party
Akin Kog – Green Party
Annette Mackenzie – Conservative Party
Gayle Monk – Liberal Democrats
Shirley South
Andy Hodgson – Independent
Howard Nichols – Conservative Party
Rosemary Worsley – Independent
Shirley Young – Labour Party
Shirley West
Lachhman Bhambra – Conservative Party
Kevin Round – Labour Party
Alison Wilson – Green Party
Silhill
James Edwardson – Liberal Democrats
Michael Gough – Conservative Party
Nick Stephens – Labour and Co-operative Party
Smith’s Wood
Keith Duggan – Labour Party
Ben Groom – Green Party
Lavanya Madras Purushothaman – Conservative Party
St Alphege
Trevor Barker – Green Party
Frank Dawson – Liberal Democrats
Ian English – Labour Party
Samantha Gethen – Conservative Party
