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Our candidates
Standing up for you in every part of our constituency
Farnham North
Howard Kaye
I live locally in Upper Hale so every day I see the shortcomings in local services. I am determined to make a difference to the quality and level of Council provision within North Farnham.
I will challenge the budget cuts which have so severely affected the services on which we all depend - education, fire and rescue, roads and transport and services like social care for children and vulnerable adults. We need all levels of local government to work together to get the best value for the residents of North Farnham.
Farnham Central
John Gaskell
I have lived in Weybourne, Farnham for over twenty years. In my career in IT in Holland, Belgium, and the UK, I have seen how successful infrastructure projects can work if local people are properly involved. I believe we should also look at best practice outside the locality before implementing anything new, large or small. Our services have been neglected for years, and need rebuilding. We need all levels of local government to work together to get the best value for the residents of Farnham.
Farnham South
Sam Pritchard
I have lived in Farnham nearly my whole life. I am the father of two children, the husband of a self-employed person, a patient using local healthcare facilities, a resident of council housing and, most importantly, a person who listens, cares and strives for a healthier and safer community.
A vote for me is a vote for a local man on a mission to better our community, improve infrastructure, prevent unnecessary building, improve our terrible roads and help deliver fairer funding for local schools and community projects.
Feel free to contact me. I would love to hear your views.
Haslemere
Alex Howey
I am standing for the upcoming local election in Haslemere. Having lived in the area for nearly two decades, I understand the problems that people here face.
From difficulties with public transport, the pressures faced by small businesses, to the potholes in the road that neither the Liberal Democrats nor the Conservatives have fixed, I am here to be a new alternative for you.
I will work to represent you and this great area, and a vote for me is one that counts.
Liphook, Headley & Grayshott, including Arford, Bramshott, Headley Down, Passfield, and Weavers Down
Diana LovelockI have lived in Grayshott for 30 years and my children went to Grayshott School, Bohunt and Alton College. After several years in catering management, I worked for 28 years in local primary schools as a Business Manager and have a lot of experience in Surrey and West Sussex school funding.
I’m passionate about state education. I also believe in social housing and public transport that are fit purpose. I would like NHS dentistry to be available to all.
I retired in 2024 and I volunteer with Liberty Choir and Sue Ryder shops.
Waverley Western Villages, including Beacon Hill, Churt, Elstead, Frensham, Hindhead, Rushmoor, and Thursley
Andrew Jones
I’m standing for election as your Labour Councillor representing the Waverley Western Villages on the new West Surrey unitary council. I’m an experienced parish councillor and have lived in and around this area for my whole life. My key priorities are to encourage and enhance community support for the more vulnerable members of our society; to gain extra support for small village schools threatened with closure; regain control of planning in this area so that we can deliver genuinely affordable homes for local people and resist unsympathetic overdevelopment; and to focus on our own traffic problems in the villages rather than just on Farnham town centre, and tackle the congestion, nuisance and pollution
Whitehill, Bordon & Lindford
Dave Hedley
I have been an engineering consultant since the mid 1980s, initially specialising in Reliability and Safety analyses and more recently supporting the costing of large government programmes, mainly working on Value for Money cases and the forecasting of project costs and risks. I have lived in Lindford since 2007 with my partner and step son. The new sub-divided Hampshire will face challenges in social care, in education and in roads and transport among many others. I’m looking forward to representing your views on these issues and more. Please elect me so I can tackle your concerns.
Our People
John Gaskell
Chair
John has lived in Weybourne, Farnham for over twenty years. In his career in IT in Holland, Belgium, and the UK, John has seen how successful infrastructure projects can work if local people are properly involved. He believes we should look at best practice outside the locality before implementing anything new, large or small.
Geraldine Sheedy
Secretary
Geraldine moved to Liphook from Elstead in September 2021. She has an adult daughter, two dogs and enjoys singing in a local choir/drama group. She qualified as a nurse in 1984 and has worked in the NHS and the voluntary sector. Geraldine is currently part of the senior leadership team at a local children’s hospice charity. She sees on a daily basis how the cost-of-living crisis has adversely affected families who have a child who is sick or disabled.
Diana Lovelock
Treasurer
Diana grew up in Merseyside and moved to Islington and then Hackney. She worked in Hotel and Catering management and the West End and the City of London . A change of career after moving to Grayshott in 1996 led to 27 years working in Farnham and then Petworth as a School Business Manager She retired in 2024. She was involved with the local Scout Group and Pantomime and is now settling into volunteering and Amateur Dramatics
Mercy Bolus
BAME Officer
Mercy is from Ghana, and after living in Liphook for some time she moved to Whitehill Hogmoor, where she has lived for over a decade years. She is a registered nurse and has been a health visitor with the NHS for many years. While at university she initiated a voluntary organisation in the UK and Ghana to raise the awareness of issues affecting poverty-stricken districts in Ghana.
She has been a local authority school governor in Alton and has helped to link up schools in Hampshire, Ghana and the British Virgin Islands.
Pippa Rennie
Women's OfficerPippa moved to Farnham in 2023 after spending most of her adult life in London.
She retired in 2023 after working in the community with under fives as a Heath Visitor for 21 years and a Family Nurse for 8 years working on an intensive home visiting programme with teenage parents.
She now volunteers for a charity in Bordon and continues to be committed to trying to alleviate the effects of poverty on people’s lives. 
Chris Waters
Communications & Social Media
Chris was born and raised in Elstead, and now lives in Churt. His family were the proud owners of Orchard Barn Cafe in Churt.
He works on the parliamentary team of a Labour MP, and his areas of policy interest are education, housing, and the arts.
Michelle Birchwood
Trade Union Liaison Officer
Michelle moved to Farnham to raise her children in a beautiful, safe place with fantastic schools. But too often local problems such as sewage dumping and facilities for children and young people have not received the support they deserve. Michelle has a deep knowledge of parliamentary affairs which she brings to bear on local issues.
John Tough
Liphook - branch chair
John is from Yorkshire but came to Liphook in 1977. Before retiring, he worked throughout the World as a Transport Consultant. John served on Bramshott & Liphook Parish Council for 12 years and started the monthly Cinema in the Millennium Centre running it successfully and profitably for 10 years. He also formed the Liphook Youth Club, serving as Chairman and volunteer for 12 years. For many years John was Superintendent of the Liphook St John Ambulance Division.
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