LONG-serving candidates are standing down from Dorset County Council prior to the election on June 4.
Chairman John Peake, who represents the Three Valleys ward near Dorchester, is among the stalwarts not seeking re-election.
But a total of 153 candidates are up for election for 45 seats in 42 electoral divisions.
Thirty-nine divisions will have one county councillor and three divisions – Dorchester, Ferndown, and Verwood and Three Legged Cross – will have two.
Dorset County Council chief executive David Jenkins, who is returning officer for the county council elections, said: “The 45 successful candidates will be responsible for decisions affecting people and communities across Dorset for the next four years.
“These elections are a vital opportunity for local people to exercise their democratic right and make their voice heard. Each vote counts for Dorset.” Coun Peake is among 11 councillors standing down.
The others include Peter Gregson, of Beaminster, Donald Hiett, of Swanage, Ron Nash, of Chickerell and Chesil Bank and Clare Sutton of Rodwell in Weymouth.
Tim Cook, of Shaftesbury, Alan Havelock, of Mudeford and Highcliffe, Philip Gaussen, of West Moors and Holt, John Lofts, of Highcliffe and Walkford, Don Mildenhall, of Sherborne, and Ann Warman, of St Leonards and St Ives, are also stepping down.
Elections for the Members of the European Parliament are being held on the same day. Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm.
Voters will be given two ballot papers to fill in – one for the county council election and one for elections to the European Parliament.
The county council paper will be green. The European election ballot paper will be yellow. Once the forms have been completed they will be put in the same ballot box. Ballot papers will be sorted and separated before the count begins.
The votes will be counted at six venues, in most cases during the morning of June 5.
The overall result is expected during the afternoon of Friday, June 5.
For a full list of European candidates go to northdevon.gov.uk/statement_of_parties_euro.pdf.
Total number of candidates: 153
Conservative: 45
Liberal Democrat: 44
Labour: 39
UK Independence Party: 15
Green Party: 4
Independent: 3
Citizens’ Action Party: 2
British National Party: 1
Local county council candidates
Beaminster
Thomas Anderson, Labour
Peter Ivan Jones, Liberal Democrat
Neil Antony Judd, Green Party
Rebecca Knox, Conservative
Bride Valley
Anna May Alice Birley, Labour
Ronald William Coatsworth, Conservative
Ros Kayes, Liberal Democrat
Leon Sea, Independent
Bridport
Sandra Ann Brown Conservative
Julian Stephen Langton Jones, Green Party
Richard Howard Nicholls, Labour
Karl Gareth Wallace, Liberal Democrat
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
Steve Bick, Labour
Ian Charles Gardner, Conservative
Brendan Webster, Liberal Democrat
Dorchester
Richard Martin Biggs, Liberal Democrat
Vicki Black, Labour
Jonathan Halewood, Conservative
Andy Hutchings, Labour
David Trevor Jones, Liberal Democrat
Mary Penfold, Conservative
Linden Lea
David Crowhurst, Conservative
Tim Harries, Liberal Democrat
Daniel Peter Alec Hassell, Labour
Marshwood Vale
Geoffrey John Brierley, Conservative
Carole Ann Murless, Labour
Christopher John Savory, Liberal Democrat
Sherborne
Robert Andrew Gould, Conservative
Susan Greene, Green Party
Jan Palmer, Liberal Democrat
Graham John Parish, Labour
Sherborne Rural
Michael James Bevan, Conservative
Robin Andrew Shane Legg, Liberal Democrat
Kate Parish, Labour
Three Valleys
Harry Burden, Labour
Andrew James Canning, Lib Dem
Jill Haynes, Conservative
Broadwey
Mike Byatt, Labour
Andy Cooke, Conservative
Brian Anthony Heatley, Green Party
Christine James, Liberal Democrat
Lodmoor
Ian Bruce, Conservative
Maureen Audrey Drake, Labour
Brian Ellis, Liberal Democrat
Portland Harbour
Richard Denton-White, Citizens’ Action Party
Anne Kenwood, Labour
Trefor Morgan, Liberal Democrat
Tim Munro, Conservative
Portland Tophill
Les Ames, Independent
Ian Munro-Price, Conservative
Don Roach, Citizens’ Action Party
Sandy West, Labour
Rodwell
John Birtwistle, Liberal Democrat
Nigel Reed, Conservative
Kate Wheller, Labour
Westham
David Harris, Liberal Democrat
Ian James, Conservative
Mike Owen, Labour
Weymouth Town
Peter Michael Farrell, Conservative
Colin Huckle, Labour
Howard Legg, Liberal Democrat
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