Ward profile: Patcham
Candidates (Three seats)
*Carol Theobald (Conservative)
*Geoffrey Theobald (Conservative)
Lee Wares (Conservative)
Anthea Ballam (Green, third choice)
Myles Cummins (Green, second choice)
Hugh Woodhouse (Green, first choice)
Nick Jarvis (Labour)
Dave Little (Labour)
**Chaun Wilson - @Chaun_Wilson (Labour)
John Aloy (Liberal Democrats)
Nicholas Brack (Liberal Democrats)
Tesh Patel (UKIP) - @teshforpatcham
Poll watch
Patcham is a Conservative stronghold, despite pockets of significant deprivation. It has been served well by Geoffrey Theobald, the Conservative Group leader, and his wife, Carol; on May 7, the Conservative team is supplemented by Lee Wares, a very capable and serious first-time candidate with a background of achievement in business.
Labour is about to select its three candidates, with the local party - as usual - at the back of the queue when it comes to being approached by the most active candidates.
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2011 election results
Candidates                                                                        Votes (%)
Brian William Pidgeon (Conservative - elected) 2,187 (16%)
Carol Ann Theobald (Conservative - elected) 2,059 (15%)
Geoffrey Trevor Theobald (Conservative - elected) 2,042 (15%)
Hugh Woodhouse (Green) 1,433 (10%)
Geraldine Keenan (Green) 1,338 (10%)
Linda McRae (Green) 1,274 (9%)
Christine Ann Moody (Labour) 1,151 (8%)
Jatin Patel (Labour) 960 (7%)
Rosemary Collins (Labour) 735 (5%)
Philip Kevin Wray (UKIP) 252 (2%)
Christopher Hurley (Liberal Democrats) 219 (2%)
Lawrence Anthony Parkhouse Eke (Liberal Democrats) 186 (1%)
Factfile (Source: Census 2011)
Households: 5,797
Density (people per hectare): 34
Women: 52%
Men: 48% (6,866)
Average age: 40
Higher managerial occupations: 10.7% (1,225)
Unemployed: 5.1% (378)
White: 93.5% (13,354)
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 1% (137)
Asian/Asian British: 2.1% (306)
Number who cannot speak English well: 56
Dependent children in household (% of all households): 32.9%
Christians: 54%
No religion: 34%
Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 46
Divorced: 10%
Living as co-habiting couple: 12.2%
Married: 48%
One family - all aged 65 and over: 9.4%
Lone parent - with dependent children: 8%
No adults in employment - with dependent children: 3.7%
Long-term unemployed: 1.2%
Activities limited a lot by poor health: 7.4%
No cars or vans in household: 20%
No qualifications: 20.5%
Full-time students aged 18 and over: 4%
No adults in employment - with dependent children: 3.7%
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Elections 2015
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