No election for Leominster Town Council as two vacancies remain

It leaves two vacancies and means that among the central and local government elections on May 7, there will not be an election for the town council.

The Green Party will have seven members on the new town council, making it the largest group – the first time in the West Midlands region that a town council has had the party as its majority.

But it has said it is 'disappointed' that there will not be an election.

Peter Ellis, chairman of Leominster and North Herefordshire Green Party, said: "Elections are good for democracy and local Green Party members are always ready to play their part in the democratic process."

Eight members of the current council will leave their role, while there will be six new faces.

The seven Greens together with seven other councillors, including three Conservatives, three independents and one Liberal democrat are likely to be informed that they are “elected unopposed.”

For the first time in many years there will be no Labour councillors on Leominster Town Council.

Of the 16 seats on the council there are now two vacancies. Councillors could be co-opted to fill the seats or there could be by-elections later this year if there is a revival of interest and competition.

The mayor-elect of Leominster is Green town and county councillor Felicity Norman who has served as deputy mayor for the last 12 months.

The Green town councillors include first-timers Trish Marsh, Val Mifflin, Robert Barton and 20-year-old Andrew Gibson. The remainder of the group are current town councillors Jane Lacey, Jenny Bartlett and Felicity Norman.

Independent councillors are Peter McCaull, Angela Pendleton and John Rumsey. Conservative members are Pauline Davies, Wayne Rosser and Roger Pendleton. Clive Thomas is the Lib Dem councillor.