The list of candidates for Bournemouth Town Council has been announced ahead of residents going to the polls in May.
In October 2025, BCP Council voted 34 to 31 in favour of establishing a town council in Bournemouth with with two councillors abstaining.
There will be a total of 21 councillors on Bournemouth Town Council, two councillors will be elected in the wards of Boscombe and Pokesdown, East Cliff ad Springbourne, Kinson, Littledown and Iford, Muscliff and Moordown, Northbourne, Redhill, Wallisdown North and Winton West, Southbourne and Tuckton, Strouden and Queen’s Park, Winton East, Charminster West and Talbot Woods.
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Three councillors will be elected to Bournemouth Central, Westbourne and West Cliff.
Residents will be going to the polls to elect members to the new lower tier authority on May 7.
The candidates for each of the wards in Bournemouth are:
Boscombe and Pokesdown Ward
- Patrick Canavan – Labour Party
- George Farquhar – Labour Party
- Duane Farr – Reform UK
- Gillian Martin – Reform UK
- Paul Radcliffe – Liberal Democrats
- Nick Tidiman – Green Party
- Emily Woodward – Green Party
- Michelle Young – Liberal Democrats
Bournemouth Central, Westbourne and West Cliff Ward
- Mark Battistini – Liberal Democrats
- Karen Hay – Local Conservatives
- Simon Hollosi – Reform UK
- Michael Labidi – Local Conservatives
- Dawn Logan – Liberal Democrats
- Roger Mann – Green Party
- Jamie Martin – Labour Party
- Simon Marritt – Liberal Democrats
- Dan Miskow – Labour Party
- Dan Moore – Labour Party
- Feda Shahin – Green Party
East Cliff and Springbourne Ward
- Sara Armstrong – Green Party
- Catherine Bishop – Liberal Democrats
- Alan Blumenthal – Reform UK
- Karen Blumenthal – Reform UK
- Ben O’Keeffe – Green Party
- Gillian Pardy – Liberal Democrats
- Ian Prankerd – Labour
Kinson Ward
- William Brown – Reform UK
- Jonathan Crewe – Green Party
- Roger Eede – Green Party
- Laurence Fear – Reform UK
- Susan Lennon is standing with no party affiliation listed
- Down Lovejoy – Labour Party
- Nicola Rogers – Local Conservatives
- Zac Skidmore – Labour Party
- Marcell Taylor – Liberal Democrats
- Alan Zaczek – Liberal Democrats
Littledown and Iford Ward
- Hannah Bland – Green Party
- Patrick Connolly – Labour Party
- Jake Garrod – Green Party
- Muriel Goldet – Liberal Democrats
- Gill Seymour – Reform UK
- Victoria Taylor – Liberal Democrats
Muscliff and Moordown Ward
- Sarah Anderson – Reform UK
- Steve Butcher – Reform UK
- Derek Heritage – Labour Party
- Nathan McNeil – Liberal Democrats
- Derek Scudder – Liberal Democrats
- Toby Slade – Independent
Northbourne, Redhill, Wallisdown North and Winton West
- Olivia Brown – Liberal Democrats
- Charlie Cushway – Labour Party
- David D’Orton-Gibson – Local Conservatives
- Julia Drage – Labour Party
- Liz Elwick – Green Party
- Mark Harper – Reform UK
- Rich Herrett – Liberal Democrats
- Chris Moody – Reform UK
- Mike Squires – Green Party
Southbourne and Tuckton Ward
- Simon Adorian – Labour Party
- Amy Bailey – Green Party
- Jim Bealey – Reform UK
- Ceri Edwards-Hawthorne – Green Party
- Jeff Hanna – Liberal Democrats
- Bernadette Nanovo – Liberal Democrats
Strouden and Queen’s Park Ward
- Mark Anderson – Reform UK
- Richard Blackwell-Whitehead – Liberal Democrats
- Lorraine Crouch – Liberal Democrats
- Elaine Findlay – Green Party
- Alasdair Keddie – Green Party
- Eyyup Kilic – Labour Party
- Louise Norman – Labour Party
- Roberto Rocca – Reform UK
Winton East, Charminster West and Talbot Woods
- Simon Bull – Green Party
- Julia Chappetti – Liberal Democrats
- Michael Crachnell – Labour Party
- Kieron Franklin – Reform UK
- Matthew Gillett – Liberal Democrats
- Lisa Jepson – Labour Party
- Sash Jolliffe Yasawi – Animal Welfare Party
- Chris Rigby – Green Party
- Daniel Wilson – Local Conservatives
Residents should check their poll card to confirm which ward they are in and the location of their polling station.
