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The 2013 elections for Derbyshire County Council are to take place on Thursday 2nd May.

The candidates for the Dovedale division, including Alsop, Parwich and part of Pikehall, are:

• Trish Birchley – Liberal Democrat
  ( http://eastmidslibdems.org.uk/en/contact/trish-birchley )
• Sarah Elizabeth King – UKIP
  ( http://www.ukipderbyshire2013.co.uk/home/candidates/sarah-king )
• Simon Andrew Spencer – Conservative
  ( http://simonspencer.yourcllr.com/  )
• Colin Swindell – Labour
  ( http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/your-council/your-representatives/councillors/497-colin-swindell )
• John Robin Youatt – Green Party
  ( http://derbyshiregreenparty.org.uk/2013/04/11/john-youatt-dovedale-derbyshire-dales/ )

(The links above provide varying degrees of information, so we will update them if we find better ones.)

Simon Spencer, the current County Councillor for the Dovedale division, has been a long-term supporter of the Blog; Colin Swindell with family in Parwich will be very well known to some of our readers; and some will know of John Youatt’s work with Sustainable Youlgrave. However the other candidates may be less well known in our villages.

We hope to invite the candidates to comment on the issues important to our readers. What subjects do you want to know their views on? Please say what local government issues are important to you by adding a comment below or emailing parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

Ballidon and the rest of Pikehall are in the Wirksworth division, so have different candidates (click here for the list of candidates for the Wirksworth division).