POLITICAL parties are to the fore in the line up of those contesting seats in the Devon County Council elections.
One of the largest field of candidates is in Tavistock, where six are contesting the seat. Roy Connelly, who was elected to the seat last time as a Liberal Democrat, is standing as an Independent this time. His former party has selected borough councillor Alison Clish-Green to contest the seat. The Conservative candidate is town and borough councillor Debo Sellis.
Another town and borough councillor, Ted Sherrell, is fighting the seat as an Independent, and UKIP, which is contesting all seats in the West Devon area, has put forward George Mudge. Labour's standard bearer is Michael Sparling.
It is a four-party fight in Okehampton Rural with sitting member Conservative Christine Marsh up against Liberal Democrat John Young, Labour's Rachel Lyons and UKIP's Roger Welsh.
A similar four-party fight takes place in Yelverton Rural while Hatherleigh and Chagford sees a three-party fight, but without Labour.
Full list of candidates is as follows:
Tavistock —
Alison Clish-Green Liberal Democrat
Roy Connelly Independent
George Mudge UKIP
Debo Sellis Conservative
Ted Sherrell Independent
Michael Sparling Labour
Okehampton Rural —
Rachel Lyons Labour
Christine Marsh Conservative
Roger Welsh UKIP
John Young Liberal Democrat
Hatherleigh and Chagford —
Gillian Elston Liberal Democrat
James McInnes Conservative
Debbie Phelps UKIP
Yelverton Rural —
Glen Neil Kennedy Liberal Democrat
Andrew Mudge UKIP
Philip Sanders Conservative
Alison Young Labour
Holsworthy Rural —
Gordon Bray Labour
Keith Funnell Green
Ken James Liberal Democrat
Barry Michael Parsons Conservative
Torrington —
Andy Boyd Conservative
Gabriel Matthew Hummerstone UKIP
Geoff Lee Liberal Democrat
Cathrine Hannah Simmons Green
Six names will be on the ballot paper in the Gunnislake division of the new Cornwall Council. They are:
Russell Bartlett Conservative
Shar Daw Independent
Sam Gardner UKIP
Dorothy Kirk Independent
Nigel Douglas Miles Green
Matthew Waterworth Liberal Democrat
Callington —
Sharon Jane Davidson Liberal Democrat
Andrew Long Mebyon Kernow
John Stephen McQuillan Conservative
Kelly Bray —
Jim Flashman Conservative
Vicki Good Liberal Democrat
Glenn Renshaw Mebyon Kernow
Robin Edward Woods UKIP
Stoke Climsland —
Neil Burden Independent
Vivian Hall Conservative
Phil Hutty Liberal Democrat
l Polling day is Thursday, June 4, when elections will also take place for the European Parliament.
The European elections are held under a proportional representation voting system and the South West region returns six MEPs.