THE battle of husbands and wives will be a key feature in next month's Town Council elections.
Couples will do battle in four of Leighton's six wards in the May 3 elections.
Conservative party hopefuls George and Maureen Rolfe are after seats in the Grovebury ward while Town Mayor Mark Freeman and his wife Susan, both Liberal Democrats, wil
l go head-to-head in the Linslade ward.
Rivalry will also be found in the Plantation ward where Conservatives Brian and Patricia Sadler are up.
The last couple competing is Celia and Peter Snelling, both Lib Dems, in the Southcott ward.
In all the make-up of the council will again be mostly Lib Dem and Conservative, with only two Labour candidates standing in the Town council elections – Peter Palfrey in Southcott ward and Maurice Blackman in All Saints.
District Council elections will also be taking place in all six of Leighton's wards as well as in Heath and Reach.
Polling will take place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday May 3. Counting will then take place in two venues.
Counting for the District Council seats will take place at Dunstable Leisure Centre and an announcement on final results is expected between midnight and 1am on Friday May 4.
From 10am on Friday May 4 counting for the Town Council elections will take place at the South Bedfordshire District Council Offices in Dunstable.
An announcement on the final results is expected sometime after 12 noon on May 4.
Election nominations
Town Council
All Saints - Maurice Blackman (Lab), David Bowater (C), Hugo Griffin-Jorgenson (LD), Ashley Rider (C), Kenneth Sharer (C)
Grovebury - Adam Fahn (C), Anne Gray (LD), Paul Record (LD), George Rolfe (C), Maureen Rolfe (C)
Linslade - Branko Bjelobaba (C), Andrew Cursons (C), Mark Freeman (LD), Susan Freeman (LD), Kevin Pughe (LD), Peter Rawcliffe (C)
Planets - David Breen (C), Anne Guess (LD), Peter McMorrow (LD), Sheila Mercer (LD), David Price (C), Brian Spurr (C)
Plantation - Ray Berry (C), Rosalind Mennie (LD), Gordon Perham (C), Brian Sadler (C), Patricia Sadler (C), Alan White (LD)
Southcott - Alan Brandham (C), Karen Cursons (C), Christopher Hinchcliff (LD), David Hopkin (C), Peter Palfrey (Lab), Syed Rahman (LD), Celia Snelling (LD), Peter Snelling (LD)
District Council
All Saints - Maurice Blackman (Lab), David Bowater (C), Hugo Griffin-Jorgenson (LD)
Grovebury - Adam Fahn (C), Anne Gray (LD), Duncan Ross (Lab)
Heath and Reach - John Gilbey (IND), Alan Shadbolt (C)
Linslade - Mark Freeman (LD), Shabir Visanji (C)
Planets - David Breen (C) Anne Guess (LD)
Plantation - Ray Berry (C), Rosalind Mennie (LD), Michelle Henderson (LAB), Joan Scoble (UKIP)
Southcott - Alan Brandham (C), Peter Palfrey (Labour and Co-operative Party), Kevin Pughe (LD)
