Tim has  lived in the area for 25 years mostly in Skelmanthorpe and have ties to the area going back 40 years. Currently working as Operations Manager for a local firm and chairman of a local protest group opposing unsustainable development in the ward.

Keith was a plane technician in the RAF for nine years and served in Stanley during the Falklands War. After leaving the service he became a car salesman and driving instructor. He now owns his own business and has lived in Dewsbury East for nineteen years.