With local elections due to take place on May 4, full lists of candidates standing to represent towns and parishes throughout the Maldon District have been published.

However, nobody has stood to compete with those nominated to Maldon Town Council at the forthcoming elections. The Town Council is formed of Councillors from four wards: the East Ward (two candidates), North Ward (four candidates), South Ward (four candidates) and West Ward (five candidates). 

See all the councillors returning, and some new faces joining them, here:

Maldon Town Council – North

• Carlie Mayes
• Nigel Miller

Maldon Town Council – East

• Andrew Lay (current Mayor of Maldon)
• Christopher Swain

Maldon Town Council – South

• Lillian Dowling
• Martin Harvey

Maldon Town Council – West

• John Driver
• Jhual Hafiz
• Robert Jones
• Tom Kelly
• Flo Shaughnessy

Uncontested wards in other towns and parishes throughout the Maldon District are shown below: 

Althorne Parish Council

• Anne Bailey
• Paul Burgess
• Christine Collins
• Peter Davey
• Terry Inkpen
• Chloe Johnson 

Asheldham and Dengie Parish Council - Asheldham Parish

• Madelaine Brown
• Rebecca Griffiths
• Sally Russell 

Asheldham and Dengie Parish Council – Dengie Parish

• Andrew Snowdon

Bradwell-on-Sea Parish Council

• David Allen
• Hilary Baker
• Michael Martin
• Jeanne Meehan
• Matthew Neall
• John Noble
• Frank Prout 

Burnham-on-Crouch Town Council – North

• Fiona Clegg
• Jane English
• Duncan Rawlinson
• Paula Stanbury

Cold Norton Parish Council

• Timothy Dixon
• Marion Gunn
• Brian Haydon
• Philip Jacklin
• Joanne Luck
• Jeremy Richardson
• Alex Romang 

Goldhanger Parish Council

• Michael Bishop
• Julia Bourn
• Clive Cheeseman
• Hugh Reynolds
• Michael Sargeant 

Great Braxted Parish Council

• Richard Collins
• Michelle Davis
• Lesley Holt
• Craig Knapman
• Edward Miles

Great Totham Parish Council

• Christine Adams
• Colin Atkinson
• Jane Bass
• Frank Delderfield
• Hannah Dundon
• Thomas Gregan
• Brian Marshall

Heybridge Parish Council – East

• Trevor Cable
• Nick Spenceley
• Nikki Swindle

Langford and Ulting Parish Council - Langford Parish

• Irene Allen
• Lester Magness

Langford and Ulting Parish Council - Ulting Parish

• Jenny Clemo
• Katherine Palmer 

Latchingdon Parish Council

• Elaine Dienn
• Tony Fittock
• Lynn Robinson
• Gill Winsor

Little Braxted Parish Council

• James Barke
• Mike French
• Kit Speakman

Little Totham Parish Council

• Terence Gritton
• Valerie Hare
• Jade Hughes
• Nicholas Lawrence
• Toni Philpott
• Richard Siddall
• Steven Venton

Mayland Parish Council - Mayland

• Paul Chandler
• Linda Haywood
• Jo Loke
• Gordon Morris
• John Oatham

Mayland Parish Council – Maylandsea

• Raymond Bush
• Debra Down
• Peter Spires

Mundon Parish Council

• John Bennett
• Diane Leggett
• Gavin Roswell
• Kerry-Jane Wylie 

North Fambridge Parish Council

• Lindsey Squire

Purleigh Parish Council

• Steven Bardwell
• Karen Collier
• Libby Johns
• Brian Oliver
• Trevor Parmenter
• Steven Potter
• Graham Rayner
• Gavin Strathern

Southminster Parish Council

• John Anderson
• Meinir Davies
• Adrian Fluker
• Gordon Harrold
• Ron Pratt

St Lawrence Parish Council

• Alan Gardner
• Marian Gibson
• John Irish
• Rosemary Millett
• Christopher Thorne

Steeple Parish Council

• Kay Davey
• Joanne Partridge
• Karen Potten 

Stow Maries Parish Council

• Adam Brown
• Debbie Driver
• Neil Gilmore
• David Hopping 

Tillingham Village Council

• Sue Fosh
• Pamela Grimes
• Ian Reid
• Jayne Rumary
• Karen Tinnams
• Jane Tuttlebury
• Emma Welham

Tollesbury Parish Council – East

• Mike Bell
• Roy Clarke
• Adam Ferneyhough
• Louise Goldie
• Sarah Hawes
• Caroline Page
• Andrew St Joseph

Tollesbury Parish Council – West

• Rob Cole
• Simon Plater
• Jolene Rogers

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Parish Council

• Lyndsey Barwick
• Maggie Henderson
• Gerald Munson
• John Smith

Tolleshunt Knights Parish Council

• Robert Browning
• George Cook
• June Dennis
• Robert Long
• Michael Porter
• Maddie Thompson
• Douglas Tungatt

Tolleshunt Major Parish Council

• Neil Burrell
• Malcolm Coster
• Trevor Deer
• Karen Neath
• Tony Payne
• Alison Taylor

Wickham Bishops Parish Council

• Henry Bass
• Peter Bates
• Pete Layley
• Mandy Mickelsen
• Simon Morgan
• Claudia Nappo
• Ian Wardrop
• Jane Williams

Woodham Mortimer and Hazeleigh Parish Council - Hazeleigh Parish

• Richard Britton
• Graham Harle
• Pauline McDonald

Woodham Mortimer and Hazeleigh Parish Council - Woodham Mortimer Parish

• Simon Brady
• Kim McDonald
• Stephen Pemberton

Woodham Walter Parish Council

• John Brown
• James Bunn
• Jenny Hughes
• James Rushton
• Joanna Symons
• John Tompkins
• Peter Warren

In the run-up to the local elections in May, Maldon Nub News will speak to all candidates standing, and to members of the community who feel certain issues need to be tackled by our elected representatives.

If you are considering standing in the elections, or you simply want councillors to take note of a particular issue, get in touch with Maldon Nub News.

Find all our local election coverage on Nub News' Maldon District Council Elections 2023 page.