With local elections on May 4, we wanted to know what Brightlingsea’s candidates for town and district councils think is important – and why we should vote for them.
So we set up an online ‘hustings’ asking all the candidates for Brightlingsea Town Council and District Council the same questions.
They included asking what they think are the most pressing issues in the town, what would most improve it – and what they would do to make things better.
We did our best to track down all of the candidates, but – despite our best efforts, some remained elusive.
You can access the statements of all of those who responded on this page. Hopefully you’ll find them enlightening – and please remember to vote next week.
Candidates for Brightlingsea Town Council (S=sitting councillor):
- David Alan Atkinson – Independent
- Mick Barry – Independent (S)
- John Anthony Carr – Conservative Party Candidate (S)
- Jayne Beverley Chapman – Independent (S)
- Mat Court – Independent (S)
- Sim Hawkins – Independent (S)
- Jean Margaret Howard – Independent
- Mick Judson – Independent (S)
- Beverley Ann Lillian Maltby (S)
- Ric Morgan – Conservative Party Candidate (S)
- Chris Paveley – Independent
- Ben Smith – Independent (S)
- Graham David Steady – Independent (S)
- Sue Walsh – Independent
Candidates for Tendring District Council:
- Mick Barry – Independent (S)
- Jenna Susan Barton – Labour Party
- John Anthony Carr – Conservative Party Candidate
- Jayne Beverley Chapman – Independent (S)
- Mat Court – Independent
- Nigel Graham Dyson – Conservative Party Candidate
- Ben Harvey – Green Party
- James Robert David Jefferies – Liberal Democrats
- Bobby McWilliams – Conservative Party Candidate
- Stuart David Morgan – Liberal Democrats
- Harry Prosser – Labour Party
- Margaret Saunders – Labour Party
- Graham David Steady – Independent (S)
