No ballot means council loses out

Where the number of candidates is fewer than the number of seats, one of the first duties of the new council will be to co-opt willing members from among local residents.

In Ledbury, it means the town council will not be able to go for Quality Council status because only 13 people have put their names forward for the 18 seats.

Clive Jupp, a long-serving councillor and former mayor said: "The real pity of it is that we can't go in for Quality Council status. One of the criteria is that you have to have all the councillors elected by ballot.

"It's a real shame, because the council has all the other qualifications needed."

Quality Council status would mean the council taking on a greater range of responsibilities, with money coming down from Herefordshire Council.

Among the councillors standing down is veteran Peter Harling, along with and Catherine Lumby, Amanda Nicholl, Lilian Farley, Derek Cursons and Andrew Bullock.

An election will take place in Bromyard, where 24 hopefuls are standing for the 18 town council seats.

Residents will also be going to the polls in neighbouring Whitbourne, where ten candidates are contesting nine seats. In Brockhampton, there are five candidates for three seats.

Herefordshire parishes Parishes with elections: Brockhampton (three seats): Christopher John Grover, James Ian Hawkins, Tom Hunt, Leslie Stephen Rogers, Roger William Steeds.

Bromyard (18 seats): David Cave, Gill Churchill, Ray Cooper, Nicholas Cornelius Raby Cronin, Dick Davies, Mark Davis, Nigel Philip Davis, Tony Fewkes, Abigail Hollie Gibbard, William Albert Gibbard, Ian David Handley, Dave Hufton, Bernard Hunt, Jamie Jacobsen, Peter Gordon Johannson, Brian Russell Johnson, Davidd John Kemp, Jonathan Guy Lester, Mark Warwick Loveday, Peder (correct) Basil Nielsen, Nick Parker, Janet Pearce-Higgins, Alan Seldon, Judy Wooland.

Whitbourne (nine seats): John Leslie Archer, Jeremy Seaton Cummins, Anne Evans, Francis James Evans, Richard Inns Freeman, Dorothy Virginia Haddock, Ronald Leslie James, Mary McEnzie, Shirley Anne Whittall, Maureen Dorothy Williams.

Parishes without elections: Acton Beauchamp (three seats): Alec Douglas Elliot, Anthony Richard Wallis, John Sidney Winterton.

Ashperton (seven seats): Paul Martin Barnes, Dianne Cox, Henry Edward Elliot Davies, Andrew Hammond, Freda Helme, Roger Kenneth Helme, Grant Powell.

Aston Ingham (six seats): Stephen Burns, Eric William Green, Richard James Harding, Nigel Vine Smith, Rosemarie Jayne Tree, John Henry Lawson Whatley.

Avenbury (five seats): Yvonne Gurline Berry, Gillian Beverley Anne Churchill, Ian Davis Jones, Wendy Jane Smith.

Aylton (three seats): Richard Ben Tremayne.

Bishops Frome (nine seats): Rochard Booth, Susan Jane Hodgson-Jones, Gilliam Christine Lynch, Patricia Mary Morgan, Nicholas James Yates Parker, Robert Partridge, John Perry Farmer Pudge, Wendy Maria Robert, Patrict Alex Shave.

Bosbury (11 seats): Alison Jane Archer, Gerald Blandford, Sven Thomas Rask Bosley, John William Joyce-Townsend, Vera Kathleen Linda Martin, Diana Beatrice Preece, Jennifer Margaret Rees, Richard Leslie Donovan Westwood.

Bredenbury (two seats): Stanley Robert Davey.

Canon Frome (two seats): George James Orgee, Albert George Herbert Troughton.

Castle Frome (two seats): no candidates.

Coddington (two seats): Julia Elizabeth Boyle.

Collington (two seats): Brian Thomas Evans, John Edwin Marriott.

Colwall (15 seats): Nick Abbotts, Jim Beard, Neil Richard Bowring, Philip Reginald Browning, Nicola Mary Carless, Edith Ellen Hayness, Steven Robert Hockett, Terence Royston Hunt, Gill Jackson, Wil Leaper, John Mills, Helen Elizabeth Stace.

Cradley (15 seats): MIchael Richard Allfrey, Frederick Albert Charles Beard, David Guy Creed-Newton, Rosemary Carole Julie Diamond, Edmund John Edgar, Alan Charles Eldridge, Roger Stephen Colin Gill, Pamela Moreen Hurle, Christopher Adrian Jervais Lowder, Elizabeth Anne Mikata, Kenneth John Nason, Katrina Emma Turnbull.

Donnington (two seats): Robert Dean, Robin Smith.

Eastnor (six seats): Matthew Collis-Long, Andrew Ronald Findlay, Chris Holbourne, Jonathan Marcus Williams.

Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe (one seat): Eric Roland Gibbs.

Edwyn Ralph (four seats): Paul Clements, Vera Georgina Powell, Donald John Roberts, Michael John Warren.

Eggleton (two seats): Peter John Godsall, Brian Collinson Willder.

Evesbatch (one seat): Richard Martin Kuehn.

Ledbury (18 seats): Phillip Leslie Bettington, Anthony Roland Bradford, Joan Elizabeth Cooper, Mary Edna Cooper, Martin David Eager, Keith W Francis, Chris Holbourne, Ian Edward James, Clive Jupp, Noel Roberts, Jayne Roberts, Kay Swinburne, Peter John Watts.

Linton (six seats): David Gamgee Boddington, Robina Christine Ellis, Christopher John Grover, Tom Hunt, Kat Russell, Roger William Steeds. Linton south (ten seats): Jean Margarey Foley, Jackie Gough, Margaret Pearce.

Little Cowarne (two seats): Edward Abell, Edward Thomas Legge.

Little Marcle (three seats): Kenneth Cyril Davies, David Mark Hewitt, Michael John Skittery.

Mathon (six seats): Thelma Joyce Barnes, Edward Samuel Harte, Richard Thomas, Nicholas Joseph Sykes Walker.

Much Cowarne (six seats): George Richard Day, Leon John Dodd, Norma Gilliam Duffy, Eddie Hooper, Barry Cecil Lawrence, Rob Lett.

Much Marcle (nine seats): Graham George Baker, John Douglas Blandford, Roger A Cotton, Michael Arthur Passey Goodwin, Brian L Morgan, David Rupert Powell, Francis John Powell, Elliot Rhys Williams, Timothy John Hubert Weston.

Munsley (four seats): June Mary Cowell, Harry Hodges, Peter Neil Viner.

Pencombe with Grendon Warren (four seats): Eric Charles Alderson, John Rodney Barrett, William Anthony Brazier, William Farringdon.

Pixley (four seats): Jenny MacRae, Steve Swaithes, Edward Ballard Thompson.

Putley (seven seats): Graham Blandford, Michael James Carter, Hannah Elizabeth Day, Raymond Douglas Hunter, Samuel Rolinson, Claire Louise Weir.

Stoke Lacy (five seats): Rachel Barrett, Michael John Hibbins, Henry Charles Craven Hodges, Philip James Mackereth, Christine McNaught.

Stretton Grandison (three seats): John William Campbell, Malcolm Charles Davies, Elizabeth Frances Hughes.

Tarrington (eight seats): Philip Andrew Avery, Stuart Edwin Fryer, Robert David Hodges, Stephen Roderick Pink, Maurice Dudley Smith, John Tallis.

Tedstone Wafre (one seat): Kathleen Mary Harris.

Thornbury (three seats): John Armon Brunt, Philip Alan Wildig.

Upper Sapey (four seats): Edward Carpenter, Robert Craig Coldicott, Arthur Douglas Dennis, Robert Alan Wilks.

Upton Bishop (eight seats): Patrick James Bailey, Dian Patricia May Forrester, Peter James Fray, Tessa Maclean.

Wellington Heath (six seats): Patrick Charles Adams, Sue Hall, Richard John Hurley, Benjamin Paul Farringdon Nelsey, Hugh Ransome-Williams, Fanny Underhill.

Woolhope (eight seats): Susan Ann Davies, Ian James Drury, Raymond Geoffrey Evans, Michael Geoffrey Pudge, Duncan Edward Sayce, Philip Watkins, John Richard Whitting.

Yarkhill (six seats): Robert Aspey, Roy Edward Cox, Terry Godsall, Michael Robin Ogilvie Leigh, Hazel Misselbrook, James Ronald Rawthorne.

Yatton (three seats): John Williams Clark, Anthony Richard Cotton, James Donald Nicholas.

Malvern Hills District Parishes Parishes with elections: Kempsey (thirteen seats): Norman Harry Atkins, Melody Anne Baker, Kim Biddle, Ken Blackwell, Bob Bowley, Neville Brookes, Claire Stuart Campbell, Dan Cornes, Pam Gerrard, David Thomas Harrison, Ann Elizabeth Hart, Jane Jones, Michael Arthur Legge, John Michael, Terry Ward.

Parishes without elections: Alfrick (seven seats): Brian John Fishwick, Richard J Jackson, Garth Lowe, Peter Tebbit, Sheila Mary Tolley.

Birtsmorton (seven seats): Michael John Barnes, Mary Dowding, Roger Godfrey Gillard, Margery Anne James, Terence Alan Jones, Laraine Malvern, Jasmine Elizabeth Turner.

Bransford (three seats): Sheila Jane Cridlan, William Tom Jackman Tooby.

Bushley (seven seats): Jane Money Crowther, Timothy Ross Kershaw, Jason John Kinghorn, John William Lewis, Nigel Coombe Nicoll. Roger Dennis Perry.

Castlemorton (nine seats): Margaret Joan Bedford, William John Charles Bowen, Beverley Joan Bradshaw, Jeremy Bruce Fryman, Angus John Golightly, Mary Isabel Watts.

Croome D'Abitot (three seats): Linda Mary Conway, Royston Frederick Garrard.

Earls Croome (seven seats): Michael John Clemas, Penelope Elizabeth Green, Philip John Green, Margaret Ann Herbert, James Michael McBride, Jonathan Miles Prior, Robin Bruce Tomkins.

Eldersfield (nine seats): Harold Stanley Davis, Charles Hartley Jeffes, John Keighley, Roger Stuart Manwaring, Mary Mitchell, Nicholas Ronald Stephens, David John Tombs, Christopher Ivan Cockayne.

Guarlford (seven seats): Jane Elizabeth Hadley-Roberts, Barbara Hill, Michael Graham Huskinson, Eric Harris Jones, Peter Edward Mayner, Andrew William Medcalf, Michael Sharratt Simpson.

Hanley (eight seats): Susan Margaret Eliza Adeney, Anthony T Atkinson, Valerie Joan Frances Fare, Francis R Harcombe, Susan Anna Roberts, John Ernest Taverner, Ian Roy Thompson, Dennis Charles Wade.

Hill Croome (five seats): Heather Elizabeth Cook, Andrew Michael Smith, Kathleen Peggy Smith, Janine Marie Warner, Brian Webb.

Holdfast (one seat): Guy William Benjamin Inchbald.

Knightwick (three seats): Francis Budden, Philip Graham Edwards.

Leigh (eight seats): Eric Winstanley Dickinson, John Martin Gloster, Thomas Graham Jones, Mike Smith.

Little Malvern (two seats): Joseph Whitehouse.

Longdon (seven seats): Keith Bayliss, Joanna Beswick, Douglas Peter Elms, Trevor Richard Jeynes, Grace Lily Phillips, Robert Thatcher, Josephine Theresa Vickery.

Lower Broadheath (eleven seats): Barbara Joan Beard, Alan Forrest, Peter Gravenall, Rodney John Greer, Donald Geoffrey Cleveland Hull, Julie Ann Plante, Paul Simmonds, Veronica Mary Swinburn, Maurice William Wedd.

Madresfield (five seats): Robert Wilkin Baldwin.

Malvern Wells: All Saints Ward (six seats): Paul Richard Bingham, Anne P Bradshaw, Kenneth Charles Jeffery, Barrie John Knibb, Jonathan David Roberts. St Peters Ward (seven seats): Peter Buchanan, Ann Cheeseman, Malcolm Gordon Victory, Keith Wagstaff.

Newland (seven seats): Judith Carole Colliver, Olwyn Rose Craze, Heather Angela Jeavons, Kenneth Roy Mitchell, Simon Richard Charles Patterson, Anthony John Phillips, Catherine Helen Williams.

Pendock (seven seats): Mark Dwight Bedworth, Graham Robert Chick, Juliet Ruth Churchill, Andrea Christine Embley, Helen Rosemary Philipson-Stow, Robin A Williams.

Powick: Callow End Ward (seven seats): Evelyn Constance Birch, Ernest Charles Peter Harris, Colin James Phillips, Robin James Shuard. Powick Ward (eight seats): James Brian Allsopp, Janet Mary Bowen, Linda Derrett, John Albert Kirton, Andrew Foster Lamb, John Mason, Paul Whitmarsh.

Queenhill (one seat): Philip Neil Faram.

Ripple (nine seats): Nick Blake, Geoff Dawson, Peter Richard Gallagher, Michael David Ostick, Marcia Magdalen Proffitt, Peter Townsend Reay, Roger James Sutton, Roger Wilding.

Rushwick (nine seats): Valerie Ann Bennett, Andrew Joseph Seakin, John Richard Dixon, Russell J Edmonds, Ian Douglas Parker.

Severn Stoke (nine seats): Sandra Jean Goodwin, Eileen Hadley, Hugh Edward Gordon Hanmer, Bert Male, Patricia Anne Preston, Stephen Paul Watkins, Raymond John Williams.

Suckley (nine seats): Elizabeth Devenish, John Green, Heather Pearl Griffiths, Rosemary Lynette Harward, Alferd Walter Huband, Michael George Jackson, Carol Doreen Sheila Luton.

Upton: Town Ward: (nine seats): Pat Martin, Andrea Lesley Morgan, Tim Perry, Jackie Surtees, Anthony John Thompson, Sheena Frances Walsh, Eric James White, Mary Doreen Helen Wilkinson, Simon Michael Yates. Hook Ward: (two seats): John William Dean, Paul Thomas Howard. Longdon Ward (four seats): Timothy James Drake, Christopher J Mair, Mike Morgan, Dominic A Round.

Welland (nine seats): Stephen Donald Atkinson, Andrea Louise Calvesbert, Roger James Cousins, Brenda Hill, Mary Pettit, Gerald Michael Spencer, Stephen Charles Try, Melvin John Upright, Benjamin J Whitehouse.

West Malvern (seven seats): Lionel Short Butcher, Paul Myles Farrar, Eleanor Mary Harnden, Colin Graham Jackson, Joyce Mary Roberts, Willam L Shearer.