Worcestershire County Council elections will also be held on May 5. The nominations closed yesterday (Thurs-day) afternoon. Retirees include Jennette Davy in Malvern Langland and Beryl Hickling in Malvern Link.

Candidates

Croome:

Robert Alfred Allen Bullock*, Whittington, Conservative; Wendy Hands, Upton-upon-Severn, Green Party; Neville Arthur Mills, Callow End, Liberal Democrat.

Malvern Chase:

Phillip Stephen Grove, Tenbury Wells, Conservative; Irene Diane Rayner*, Malvern, Liberal Democrat; Malcolm Victory, Malvern Wells, Green Party.

Malvern Link:

Annette June Savage, Suckley, Conservative; Elizabeth Singh, Lulsley, Green Party; Clive Thomas Smith, Malvern Link, Liberal Democrat; Paul Andrew Tuthill, Malvern, Independent.

Malvern Langland:

Penelope Jane Marcia Morgan, Malvern, Liberal Democrat; John Phillips, Malvern, Green Party, Michael David George Soley, Malvern, Independent; David Edgar Lawrence Watkins, Malvern, Conservative.

Malvern Trinity:

John Raine, Malvern, Green Party; Richard James Weatherill, Malvern, Conservative; Jeremy Richard Webb*, Malvern, Liberal Democrat; John Stephen Wilcox, Malvern, Independent.

Powick:

Michael Raymond Morgan, Upton-upon-Severn, Conservative; Dennis Nightingale-Smith, Hanley Swan, Green Party; Tom Ashley Laird Wells*, Callow End, Liberal Democrat.

* Denotes sitting councillor. There are no elections due in Herefordshire