A full list of candidates has been announced ahead of the 2023 Kenilworth Town Council election, taking place this May.

Residents will take to the polls on Thursday, May 4, to vote in 17 councillors across five wards.

Thirty-three candidates have been put forward, nine of whom currently sit on the town council.

Eight of the current council members will not be seeking re-election.

Two councillors will be elected in the Abbey ward, with three seats available in Borrowell and four in each of Dalehouse, Park Hill and St John's.

The full list of candidates can be seen below, and Kenilworth Nub News will bring you detailed information about each candidate over the coming weeks.

Kenilworth Abbey

1. John Cooke (Conservative)
2. Hannah Deacon (Labour)
3. Alix Dearing (Green)
4. Annabell Gurney-Terry (Liberal Democrats)
5. Richard Hales (Conservative)
6. Zoe Leventhal (Green)
7. Ederyn Williams (Liberal Democrats)

Kenilworth Borrowell

1. Alan Chalmers (Liberal Democrats)
2. Kate Dickson (Liberal Democrats)
3. Andy Metcalf (Conservative)
4. Josh Payne (Liberal Democrats)
5. Joe Rukin (Green)

Kenilworth Dalehouse

1. David Bailey (Green)
2. Silvia Fuchss (Liberal Democrats)
3. Joanna Illingworth (Conservative)
4. Peter Jones (Green)
5. James Kennedy (Green)
6. Mark Stevens (Green)

Kenilworth Park Hill

1. Felicity Bunker (Conservative)
2. Neil Eaton (Green)
3. Malcolm Graham (Conservative)
4. Steve McKernan (Independent)
5. Roy Minto (Green)
6. Alex Randall (Green)
7. Andrew Roadnight (Labour)
8. Akira Summers (Green)
9. Simon Want (Liberal Democrats)

Kenilworth St. John`s

1. Richard Dickson (Liberal Democrats)
2. Jeremy Eastaugh (Labour)
3. Alison Insley (Liberal Democrats)
4. Adrian Marsh (Liberal Democrats)
5. Andrew Milton (Liberal Democrats)
6. Rik Spencer (Conservative)

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on 17 April. Voters can apply online at gov.uk/register-to-vote.

Voters have a range of options – they can vote in person, by post or by appointing someone they trust to vote in their place, known as a proxy vote. The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm on 18 April. The deadline to apply for a proxy vote is a week later, 5pm on 25 April.

This May, voters will need to show a photo ID to vote at a polling station for the first time. This is a new requirement introduced by the UK Government's Elections Act. To find out which ID you can use in the polling station, visit the Electoral Commission website.

If you do not have one of the accepted types of ID, you can apply for a free ID online or by completing and submitting a paper form to your local authority. You must apply by 5pm on 25 April to be able to use the Voter Authority Certificate on 4 May.