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.

A naive but serious/rhetorical question: Why do the most determinedly-ambitious Labour Party candidates totally ignore wards where the most work needs to be done?

2011 election results

CandidatesÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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%

One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 5.4%

Elections 2015

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