Romford Conservatives Announce Their ‘Team 23’ Candidates Ready To Fight In The Local Elections.

if there ever was a fighter ready to take on the hardest possible elections, be it either a General Election or local elections, it is the Member of Parliament for Romford, Andrew Rosindell. Mr Rosindell and the Romford Conservatives have announced their ‘Team 23’ ready to fight in the local elections in 2026.

Despite losing the last elections, Mr Rosindell and his Team 23, are all set to bring the challenge to the door of the Residents Association and Labour Party, as they begin the battle for Romford domination.

The Team 23 candidates are as follows:

Havering-atte-Bower: Ashley Kissin, Della Morton and Tom Vickery

Hylands & Harrow Lodge: Ayo Oladele, Maggie Themistocli and Henry Williams 

Marshalls & Rise Park: Robert Benham, Bailey Nash-Gardner and Nisha Patel 

Mawneys: Jason Frost, Dilip Patel and Carol Smith

Rush Green & Crowlands: Viddy Persaud, Tim Ryan and Michael Slaughter 

St. Alban’s: Martin Firmstone and Judith Holt 

St. Edward’s: Wendy Brice-Thompson, Roy Choudhury and Erwin Luzac 

Squirrels Heath: Keith Prince, Christine Vickery and Michael White

Amongst the new members of the team are former councillors hoping to return to the Town Hall, Wendy Brice-Thompson (St. Edward’s and Romford Town 1998-2018) who is running for St. Edward’s and Maggie Themistocli (Hylands 2018-2022), now selected for Hylands and Harrow Lodge.

A number of up-and-coming young candidates have been chosen to stand, including Erwin Luzac a former Gidea Park School pupil who grew up in Romford, who is standing for St. Edward’s, and Bailey Nash-Gardner who was the Campaign Manager at the General Election for Andrew Rosindell MP and has been selected for Marshalls & Rise Park. Others include Young Conservative members, Ayo Oladele and Henry Williams who are both standing for Hylands and Harrow Lodge.

In Havering-atte-Bower, there are three new candidates, including former Mayor or Redbridge,Ashley Kissin, Della Morton, along with Tom Vickery, husband of former Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Christine Vickery.

Crow Lane Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator, Michael Slaughter, has been chosen for Rush Green & Crowlands, Roy Choudhury, a leading member of Romford’s Hindu community has been chosen as the third candidate for St. Edward’s, and the final new member of the team is Martin Firmstone, a local government officer, who is standing for St. Alban’s.

Changing wards this time are former Collier Row News shopkeeper, Cllr. Nisha Patel who is moving from St. Edward’s to stand for Marshalls and Rise Park, along with Cllr. Robert Benham who has been councillor for twenty years, representing Brooklands and now Rush Green and Crowlands, who is also moving to Marshalls & Rise Park, where he now lives.

Re-selected for the current wards are Cllr. Christine Vickery, Cllr. Michael White and Cllr. Keith Prince A.M. for Squirrels Heath; Cllr. Judith Holt for St. Alban’s; Cllr. Dilip Patel, Cllr. Jason Frost and Cllr. Carol Smith for Mawneys and; Cllr. Tim Ryan and Cllr. Viddy Persaud for Rush Green and Crowlands.

Andrew Rosindell M.P. has welcomed the selection of the new “Romford Team 23” and has pledged to give them his full support as the local party aims to win all twenty-three seats in the Romford constituency.

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