By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporter
Nottingham City Council has confirmed the full list of candidates standing in the local election on May 4.
The count will begin from 10am at the Harvey Hadden Sport Village on Friday, May 5, with results expected later that day.
Since its inception in 1992, Nottingham City Council has been Labour-led.
While it lost two seats in 2019, the Labour Party managed to retain overall control of the council, winning 50 out of 55 seats.
A new leader was then elected in David Mellen, who took over from Jon Collins.
At the same time a new group, the Nottingham Independents, won all three seats in Clifton East and became the second-largest party on the council.
However the Conservatives lost one of three seats, in Wollaton West.
This year there have been some marked changes, with current Conservative councillors, Andrew Rule and Roger Steel, leaving the party to stand as independents.
The 2023 election will also be the first time voters must bring photo ID to polling stations.
A full list of appropriate ID cards is available on the Government’s website, as is the case with all council websites.
Melbourne Barrett, returning officer at Nottingham City Council, said: “With City Council elections taking place in Nottingham on 4 May 2023, it is important that those who want to vote at a polling station make sure they have an accepted form of ID.
“Residents who do not have one of the accepted forms of ID can apply for free voter ID either online or by completing a paper application form and sending this to council’s Electoral Services team.”
Below is a list of all candidates standing in each Nottingham ward, listed in alphabetical surname order.
In brackets is the number of council seats up for grabs.
Aspley (3)
Graham Ransley Chapman – Labour Party
Ian Culley – Conservative Party Candidate
Patience Uloma Ifediora – Labour Party
Carole Williams McCulloch – Labour Party
Stewart Asquith Rotherham – Liberal Democrat
Neil George Slane – Conservative Party Candidate
Marjorie Anne Wroghton – Conservative Party Candidate
Basford (3)
Robert George Boden – Conservative Party Candidate
Andrew Guy Jones – Green Party
Richard James Minkley – Liberal Democrat
Salma Mumtaz – Labour and Co-operative Party
Nick Raine – Labour and Co-operative Party
Wayne Anthony Unczur – Nottingham Independents Putting Basford First
Linda Mary Woodings – Labour and Co-operative Party
Cassius Yarde – Nottingham Independents Putting Basford First
Berridge (3)
Angela Kandola – Labour Party
Sulcan Mahmood – Labour Party
Ellie Mitchell – Green Party
Peter Parsons – Conservative Party Candidate
Shuguftah Jabeen Quddoos – Labour Party
Bestwood (3)
Peter Gordon Foulkes-Mills – Nottingham Independents Putting Bestwood First
Ted Grainger – Conservative Party Candidate
Jay Michael Hayes – Labour Party
Rimshah Hussain – Conservative Party Candidate
Craig Jarvis – Conservative Party Candidate
Francesco Lari – Nottingham Independents Putting Bestwood First
Fran Loi – Nottingham Independents Putting Bestwood First
Irenea Maud Marriott – UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Georgia Emily Power – Labour Party
Diane Jean Rotherham – Liberal Democrat
Andrew William Taylor – UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Audra Marie Wynter – Labour Party
Bilborough (3)
Faith Gakanje-Ajala – Labour Party
Sam Harris – Labour Party
Helen Louise Kalsi – Labour Party
Liz Morgan-Danvers – Liberal Democrat
Alfred Stephen Pryor – Conservative Party Candidate
Bulwell (3)
Matt Genn – Liberal Democrat
Tony Horan – Nottingham Independents Putting Bulwell First
Mohammad Jabarkhyl – Conservative Party Candidate
Maria Joannou -Labour Party
Aleksandra Kovacevic – Conservative Party Candidate
Ethan Benjamin Radford – Labour Party
Michael David Savage – Labour Party
Bulwell Forest (3)
Ebun Adejuyigbe – Conservative Party Candidate
Samuel Awolola – Nottingham Independents
Cheryl Margaret Barnard – Labour and Co-operative Party
Darren Buckland – Green Party
Samuel James Gardiner – Labour and Co-operative Party
Caroline Kampila – Conservative Party Candidate
Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall – Labour and Co-operative Party
Paul Vincent Ruane – Conservative Party Candidate
Pollyanna Jennifer Sutherland – Nottingham Independents
Charlie Taylor – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Castle (2)
Katie Kelsey – Green Party
Lloydie J Lloyd – Liberal Democrat
Sam Lux – Labour Party
Carol Jane Morrell – Green Party
Rebecca Lucy Stephen Procter – Liberal Democrat
Janet Scott – Conservative Party Candidate
Matt Shannon – Labour Party
Clifton East (3)
Kevin Clarke – Nottingham Independents Putting Clifton First
Benedict Hal Claxton Stevens – Liberal Democrat
Raja Nisar Hussain – Labour Party
Kirsty Marie Jones – Nottingham Independents Putting Clifton First
Asif Maqsood – Labour Party
William Raymond Scott – Conservative Party Candidate
Phil Spear – Labour Party
Daniel Joseph Sullivan -Conservative Party Candidate
Maria Ann Watson – Nottingham Independents Putting Clifton First
Clifton West (2)
Daniel John Atherton – Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Simon Luke Bradshaw – Nottingham Independents Putting Clifton First
Emma Louise Crane – Nottingham Independents Putting Clifton First
Aamir Nawaz – Conservative Party Candidate
Andrew James Peter Rule – Independent
Hayley Spain – Labour Party
Roger David Steel – Independent
Mark David Vandersluis – Liberal Democrat
Seb Wilkins – Labour Party
Dales (3)
Ann Venning Bourke – Liberal Democrat
Neil James Harbinson – Conservative Party Candidate
Mohammed Jamil – Nottingham Independents
Gul Nawaz Khan – Labour Party
Neghat Nawaz Khan – Labour Party
Lucy Victoria Marsh – Green Party
David Mellen – Labour Party
Penelope Anne Messenger – Conservative Party Candidate
Margaret Helena Trueman – Conservative Party Candidate
Wendy Yee Mun Wong – Nottingham Independents
Hyson Green and Arboretum (3)
Liaqat Ali – Labour Party
Alexander James Foster – Liberal Democrat
Julie Abigail Hanson – Green Party
Sana Nasir – Labour Party
Mansoor Ahmad Qazi – Nottingham Independents
Naim Saqab Salim – Labour Party
Paul Singh – Nottingham Independents
Collin Gary Scott – Conservative Party Candidate
Richard Sutton – Green Party
Leen Valley (2)
Audrey Jane Dinnall – Labour Party
Nadia Farhat – Labour Party
David Peter Robert Gibson – Conservative Party Candidate
Gary Long – Liberal Democrat
Christina Morgan-Danvers – Liberal Democrat
Gail Janise Stancliffe – Conservative Party Candidate
Lenton and Wollaton East (3)
Daniel Dieppe – Conservative Party Candidate
Oliver James Fairey – Green Party
Titus Benedict Wills Hopkins – Conservative Party Candidate
Imran Jalil – Labour Party
Pavlos Kotsonis – Labour Party
Samina Riaz – Labour Party
Tony Bernard Sutton – Liberal Democrat
Mapperley (3)
Leslie Eni-Itan Ayoola – Labour and Co-operative Party
Barbara Joy Coulson – Green Party
Kirsty Lemara Jones – Labour and Co-operative Party
Graham Kilbourne – Conservative Party Candidate
Nigel Graham King – Independent
Adam Fergus McGregor – Green Party
Peter Charles Mendenhall – Liberal Democrat
Sajid Mohammed – Labour and Co-operative Party
Zarmeena Abdul Quraishi – Conservative Party Candidate
Melvyn Alfred Shepherd – Conservative Party Candidate
Catherine Lynton Sutherland – Green Party
Meadows (2)
Margo Bohacz – Nottingham Independents for the Meadows
Felicity Marion Whiting Crofts – Conservative Party Candidate
Michael Mountford Edwards – Labour Party
Nicholas John Packham – Conservative Party Candidate
Ceri Pryke-Hendy – Green Party
Naveed Rashid – Nottingham Independents for the Meadows
Eunice Holland Regan – Labour Party
Michael Ian Thomas – Liberal Democrat
Radford (2)
William Thomas Ellis – Green Party
Farzarina Mahmood – Labour Party
Fozia Mubashar – Labour Party
Matthew Christopher Pike – Conservative Party Candidate
Tom Procter – Liberal Democrat
Sherwood (3)
Colin Leslie Allen Barratt – Nottingham Independents for Sherwood and Carrington
John Edward Ramsay Burgess – Green Party
Sheila June Eaton – Conservative Party Candidate
Stephen Paul Freeland – Liberal Democrat
Rebecca Natalie Green – Nottingham Independents putting Sherwood First
Ilona Irma Hart – Conservative Party Candidate
AJ Matsiko – Labour Party
Nayab Patel – Labour Party
Rachel Richards – Green Party
Aimee Sharice Scrimshaw – Nottingham Independents putting Sherwood First
Adele Williams – Labour Party
St Ann’s (3)
Rohey Oley Bah – Nottingham Independents
Neil Barrett – Green Party
John Anthony Crofts – Conservative Party Candidate
James Housley – Liberal Democrat
Corall Joy Jenkins – Labour Party
Anwar Muhammad Khan – Labour Party
Sam Njie – Nottingham Independents
Devontay Andrew Imo Okure – Labour Party
Gisella Sobarasua – Nottingham Independents
Glenys Sullivan – Conservative Party Candidate
Boma Alade Thomas – Conservative Party Candidate
Jonnie Walker – Green Party
Wollaton West (3)
Saj Ahmad – Labour Party
Steve Battlemuch – Labour Party
Stuart Andrew Frost – Conservative Party Candidate
Cinderella Griffiths – Nottingham Independents
Kabir Hussain – Conservative Party Candidate
Zafran Nawaz Khan – Labour Party
Joginder Singh Prem – Nottingham Independents
Michael Howard Procter – Liberal Democrat
Awadh Sheikh Salim – Conservative Party Candidate
Bakhtawar Singh Sehra – Nottingham Independents
