THE brother of a reality TV singing sensation and a former soldier who served in cold war Berlin are among those looking for your vote in next month’s local elections in Monmouthshire.
There is a total of 43 seats over 42 wards in the council – but only 37 will be up for grabs as there will be no election in six wards, where only Tory candidates have been nominated.
Party leaders Peter Fox, for the Tories, Jim Higginson for Labour and Phylip Hobson for the Liberal Democrats are all seeking re-election.
Mike Rice, ex-chairman of the Caldicot Chamber of Trade, a former publican and a one-time corporal in the Army who saw service patrolling the Berlin Wall while it was being built the 1960s, is running as an Independent against Cllr Higginson in the Caldicot ward of Severn.
Mr Rice, who is now living in Rogiet after residing in Bridgend for two years, is known for organising past Caldicot festivals and firework displays, and for having successfully campaigned for a union flag to be flown over Caldicot Town Council.
Brother of singing sensation Paul Potts and supermarket- worker Tony Potts, from Abergavenny, is running as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Castle ward in Abergavenny.
Capel Hanbury-Tenison, an artist from Clytha, is Liberal Democrat candidate for Mardy ward. His sister Laura is the founder of luxury maternity and baby-wear line Jojo Maman Bebe.
Meanwhile chairwoman and co-founder of social enterprise Vintage Vision Amanda Peters, of Llanfoist, is running as Labour candidate for the Abergavenny seat of Castle.
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