Bedford Borough Council election preview special: Kempston North
After decades of service on the council, Cllr Shan Hunt has announced she is retiring from frontline politics.
A former deputy mayor as well as an ex-Mayor of Kempston, Cllr Hunt returned to Borough Hall in a 2010 byelection, and was one of the most formidable figures on the Labour benches.
She had a three per cent lead over her Conservative opponent in 2015.
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However, Labour have chosen their current group leader, Cllr Sue Oliver, to defend the seat.
While Bedford is largely shared between all three major parties, Kempston is a two-way split between Labour and the Conservatives.
Labour currently hold four of the six seats across five wards
The full list of candidates standing in Kempston North:
George Alfred Flaxman (Liberal Democrat)
Sue Oliver (Labour)
Alison Heather Parker (Green)
Kathy Stone (Conservative)