2025 elections - Warwickshire County Council

Statements of Persons Nominated

The Warwickshire County Council elections take place on Thursday 1 May.

In the borough of Rugby, voters can elect candidates to the following county council divisions: Admirals and Cawston, Benn, Bilton and Hillside, Brownsover and Coton Park, Dunsmore and Leam Valley, Earl Craven, Eastlands, Fosse, Hillmorton, and New Bilton and Overslade.

Find out which division you live in and where to vote on polling day by entering your postcode in the box below:

Click on the links in the table below to view the candidates standing in each division (together with the Statements of Persons Nominated and the Notices of Election Agents):

Division
Admirals and Cawston
Benn
Bilton and Hillside
Brownsover and Coton Park
Dunsmore and Leam Valley
Earl Craven
Eastlands
Fosse
Hillmorton
New Bilton and Overslade

Key deadlines and dates for candidates and election agents

Election timetable and other important documents

We have published the following information for candidates and election agents:

Timetable of key election dates

Request a copy of the electoral register

Request a copy of the lists of postal and proxy voters

Poll cards

The electoral services team looks set to start despatching poll cards to the Royal Mail from Friday 21 March 2025. Hand delivery of poll cards for the Rugby town urban area look set to take place from Friday 21 March to Friday 28 March 2025.

A second run of poll cards has been scheduled for despatch to the Royal Mail on Wednesday 16 April 2025, covering later registrations or amendments.

Postal votes

Postal votes look set to be despatched to Royal Mail in two tranches:

tranche one - expected delivery date from Saturday 12 April 2025
tranche two - expected delivery date from Thursday 17 April 2025

The first tranche includes any elector with an existing postal vote in place before Wednesday 26 March 2025.

The second tranche includes electors or proxies who submit a successfully determined postal vote application between Wednesday 26 March and the postal vote deadline of 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025.

For complete guidance for candidates and election agents, visit the Electoral Commission website:

View the Electoral Commission's guidance for candidates and election agents

Admirals and Cawston Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BIRCH, John	Reform UK
CHASE, Lee Martin	Liberal Democrats
GREEN, Frank	Green Party
PAVIS, Alan Frederick	Labour
RICHARDS, Dean	Conservative

Benn Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BENTON, Shane	Reform UK
FEENEY, Sarah Yvonne Elizabeth	Labour
JOHNSON, Christopher	Conservative
MORAN, James Robert	Liberal Democrats
STEVENSON, Becca	Green Party

Bilton and Hillside Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BUCKINGHAM, David	Labour
BURGESS, Gareth	Reform UK
HOWLING, Michael Phillip	Conservative
PIMM, Stephen Warwick	Liberal Democrats

Brownsover and Coton Park Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BLACKBURN, Edward John	Liberal Democrats
KARADIAR, Senthil	Labour
PULLIN, Jamie	Reform UK
RABIN, Wayne David John	Conservative

Dunsmore and Leam Valley Division

Name of Candidate	Party
FORD, Helen Rebecca	Green Party
JONES, Ian	Reform UK
JONES, Nicola Jane	Labour
KEELING, Dale	Conservative
McKENZIE, Isabelle Anne	Liberal Democrats

Earl Craven Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BAINBRIDGE, Nicky	Liberal Democrats
CALEYACHETTY, Rishi	Labour
KEDWARD, Devenne Taylor	Conservative
NASH, Pete	Green Party
SONKO, Anne-Marie	Reform UK

Eastlands Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BEGGS, Bob	Green Party
BURNS, Philip John	Labour
DOWNES, Sarah Catherine	Conservative
HOLDEN, Francis	Reform UK
ROODHOUSE, Jerry	Liberal Democrats

Fosse Division

Name of Candidate	Party
EDWARDS, Victoria Saxby	Liberal Democrats
FREEMAN, Tony	Labour
MORRIS, Paignton	Reform UK
PICKUP, Maralyn Janet	Green Party
WARWICK, Adrian David	Conservative

Hillmorton Division

Name of Candidate	Party
DAHMASH, Yousef	Conservative
KEELEY, Gareth	Reform UK
LIVESEY, Alison Ann	Labour
MORGAN, Lloyd	National Housing Party
THOMAS, Mark	Liberal Democrats

New Bilton and Overslade Division

Name of Candidate	Party
BROWN, Barbara	Labour
DOWNES, JP	Conservative
EDWARDS, Samuel Greig	Liberal Democrats
GLOVER, Dan	Reform UK
MAWBY, Christopher Andrew	Green Party