The 15 plumbers listed below impressed the official judging partner of the competition, Watersafe, with their entries and now they need your votes!

Simply go to ukplumberoftheyear.com and click on the plumber below you want to vote for and fill in the simple voting form to register your vote for the UK Plumber of the Year 2017.

The voting for the Plumber of the year is open until Friday 1st September 2017.

The shortlisted plumbers are: 

Chris Ketchen, Portsmouth

Drew Styles, Wigan

Gareth Lloyd, Herefordshire

Lewis Page, Edinburgh

Ian Duerden, Oldham

Paul Maguire, Glasgow

Phil Myers, Liverpool

Stuart Eldridge, Kent

Thomas Foster, Dundee

Tom Jenkins, Glamorgan

Chloe Cook, Kent

Daniel Airzee, Devon

Iain Thorner, Telford

Scott Duncan, Aberdeenshire

Liam Smith, Widnes

Now in its third year, the competition called on plumbers nationwide to enter in a bid to find Britain’s finest. The competition is designed to reward and recognise the remarkable talents within the UK’s plumbing industry and ask entrants to demonstrate their plumbing, service and business skills.

Paul Crossley, managing director of JT, said: “We’re now in the third year of the competition and I genuinely believe this is the strongest shortlist we have had. The exposure the competition has gained is bigger than ever which has led to an increase in entries. I wish everyone the best of luck in the next phase of the competition and I’d also like to pass on thanks to our friends at Watersafe for judging the entries, which is always a tricky task!”

Information on the fifteen finalists and how to vote features on www.UKplumberoftheyear.com where you can find a biography of each.

The five plumbers with the most votes will be invited to an interview session with the judging panel, made up of experts from JT, Bristan, Plumb Center and Watersafe, who will then decide the winner. The UK Plumber of the Year 2017 will win £10,000 worth of prizes, including JT, Bristan and Plumb Center products/vouchers plus products from Proper Job Beer Rothenberger, CK Tools, Salamander, Filplastic, First Stop and BigWipes.