Former councillor and soldier Stephen Hulme is to contest the Plympton Chaddlewood ward in next May’s Plymouth City Council elections, it has been announced.
The ward currently has two Green Party councillors with Cllr Ian Poyser, who was elected in 2022, up for re-election in May 2026.
Stephen Hulme was a city councillor for the Ham Ward until losing his seat to Labour in May 2024. Formerly a soldier in the 1st Battalion Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Stephen served in Germany and Northern Ireland. Upon leaving the Army he became a local builder working on many properties within the Plymouth community.
Stephen and his family lived in Chaddlewood at Clement Road and Greenwood Park Road for 18 years, so he knows the area very well and he continues to own a property there. His children have attended local Plympton schools.
Welcoming Stephen to the Plympton Independent team, Cllr Patrick Nicholson said:
“As a former city councillor, Stephen has a solid track record of standing up for residents and sorting out their issues. He was passionate, as were all Independent councillors, in opposing the felling of the trees in the City Centre.
I know he will work tirelessly to represent the residents of Chaddlewood if he is successfully supported and elected.”
Plympton Erle ward’s Cllr Terri Beer added:
“Plympton needs to stand united in our determination to fight for improvements in our town of Plympton and Stephen is such a fighter.
With the Chaddlewood area often at a standstill from traffic accessing Langage, we need a local Independent Councillor to join our Plympton team to help sort out such issues.”
Fellow Plympton Erle councillor Andrea Loveridge added:
“Many of our families in Plympton serve in our Armed Forces and work in the Naval Base. Stephen as a former serviceman knows how important this is and will support them and their families.”
Commenting on his selection Stephen said,
“I am delighted to have the endorsement of all Plympton Independent Councillors Patrick Nicholson, Terri Beer, Andrea Loveridge and Sally Nicholson as I seek the support of the Chaddlewood ward residents.
If elected in May 2026, I will be joining a strong Independent councillor team, with all the skills and experience necessary to fully represent Plympton residents as a united team of local Independent councillors.”
(story courtesy of the Plympton Podcast)
