Rye is the only parish council battleground within our “circulation area”. In Rye, 17 candidates are competing for one of the 16 places on the town council. Some well known faces will be absent from the town hall after the May 7 elections, chief among them Granville Bantick.
Four women councillors have announced that they are standing down in Rye: Mary Smith, who has been a frequent writer of opinion features for Rye News, Gemma Blumire, Heidi Foster and Sonia Holmes. Others to stand down are Mike Eve, Nigel Jennings and Adam Smith.
Those fighting for the 16 places in Rye are listed below. Party allegiances, where declared, are included:
Rye Town Council
Ella BISHOP
Michael BOYD
John Andrew BREEDS, Independent
Jonathan Robert BREEDS
Cheryl Anne CREASER, Labour
Bernadine Lee FIDDIMORE, Independent
Rebekah Melanie Jane GILBERT
Charles HARKNESS, Labour
Patricia Mair Webster HUGHES, Independent
John Charles IZOD
Jo KIRKHAM, Independent
Ian POTTER
Ray PREWER, Labour
Andi RIVETT
Shaun Robert ROGERS, Independent
Sam SOUSTER, Labour
Andrew Peter STUART, Independent
In the following parishes, all candidates have been elected without contest:
Beckley – 7 seats
Christopher Barclay BROADBENT
Barry Mark JONES
Tina Ann LANGMEAD
Deborah ONGLEY
Rebecca Joan PARSONS
Mike ROWE
Brede – 9 seats
Jacqueline ARMSTRONG
Rod CAME
Caroline Elizabeth COLLINS
John FOWLER
Carole Scott KYNVIN
Les NOTTAGE
Rhiannon Sian OLIVER
Kate POMEROY
Ian Charles STONE
Camber – 7 seats
Richard Anthony OIRSCHOT
Nigel WOOLDRIDGE
Fairlight – 9 seats
Jennifer Ann ANNETTS
Carole Anne GALLAGHER
Val GIBBS
Derek William GREENUP
Tony KING
Stephen Richard LEADBETTER
Andrew Stanley MIER
David John THATCHER
Guestling – 9 seats
Sallie Elizabeth COX
Andrew Robert ELDRIDGE
Constance Florence EVANS
Graham John FURNESS
Graham MACPHERSON
David Ian PERRETT
Marion Claire ROBERTS
Icklesham Icklesham Ward – 4 seats
James Stanley HORSMAN
Corinne Amanda MERRICKS
Nick WARREN
Icklesham Rye Harbour Ward – 2 seats
Jacqueline Mary STANFORD
Steve TOLLETT
Icklesham Winchelsea Beach Ward – 4 seats
Sue LYWARD
Anthony Richard MOORE
Hugh Lewes SUTTON
Peter James TURNER
Icklesham Winchelsea Ward – 3 seats
Stephen John TURNER
Iden – 5 seats
Raymond Charles GRIFFIN
John Winston HAZELDEN
Michael John MILLER
Paula Jean Acklom RILEY
James Allen WOOD
Northiam – 9 seats
Penny FARMER
Dean JOHNSON
Robert Jurriaanse MALTBY
Deborah Joy PRATT
Pete SARGENT
Geoffrey John SITFORD
Jonathan Peter STREATFIELD
Anthony Howard WONTNER-SMITH
Peasmarsh – 9 seats
William Terence HOGAN
Raymond Edward HOLLMAN
David PANKHURST
Hilary Anne PANKHURST
Celia Joan POLLINGTON
Gina Susan SANDERSON
David John WATTS
Pett – 7 seats
Christine Sylvia DEACON
Judith Mary DEAN
Andrew Riddell DUNLOP
David William PENFOLD
Giles William Roger PERRIN
Rodney James ROLFE
Mike WILKINS
Playden – 5 seats
Alan John BLACKHAM
Tony LENIHAN
Paul Norman OSBORNE
David Gilchrist STONE
Rye Foreign – 5 seats
John MATHEWS
Nick RAMUS
Stephen Jesse REEVE
Helena Mary SADLER
Udimore – 5 seats
Keith DEAN
Louise Kaye FULLER
Colin Alan KNIGHT
Robert TURGOOSE
Leonie Elizabeth WHEELER
East Guldeford
There are no elections here because it has no parish council. Instead it has a parish meeting – ie, it must assemble annually on some day between March 1 and June 1 and on one other occasion during the year. The meetings are open to the public but only registered electors for the parish are permitted to speak and vote on a proposal.
Photo: Tony Nunn