THERE should be a chance for more nominations for the forthcoming county council elections, moved from May to June 7 because of foot and mouth restrictions.
While candidates for the main parties grit their teeth and prepare for a prolonged electioneering session, the way is being opened for more challenges up to May 16.
Gloucestershire County Council nominations in the Forest area that had been closed for the May 3 poll before legislation was moved to change the date to June 7 are:
WEST DEAN DIVISION: Paul John Hiett (Lab); Isobel Phipps Coltman (Con); David Andrew John Wheeler (Lib Dem).
COLEFORD DIVISION: Gwyneth Lesley Bradley (Con); Peter Warwick Chamberlain (Lab); Ann Vera Margaret Smallwood (Lib Dem).
CINDERFORD DIVISION: Stephen Robin McMillan (Con); Graham Leslie Morgan (Lab); Lynda Ann Searancke (Lib Dem).
BROOKSDEAN DIVISION: Roland Douglas Butler (Lab); Andrew Edward Gardiner (Ind); Margaret Mary Harper (Con).
EAST DEAN DIVISION: Janet Elizabeth Boait (Lib Dem); Hayward Burt (Con).
LYDNEY DIVISION: Derek Biddle (Ind); Raymond Allan Hill (Con); Bernard William Hobman (Lab).
NEWENT DIVISION: Joan Lesley Curtis (Lib Dem); Edward Akerman Roberts (Ind); William Henry Windsor Clive (Con).
TIDENHAM DIVISION: Roy William Birch (Lib Dem); Derek George Gittos (Con); William Richard Harris (Ind); Jane Ann Lapington (Lab).
SEVERN DEAN DIVISION: Heather Margaret Dalziel (Lib Dem); Gary William Phipps (Con); Steven Frederick Richards (Lab).