Voters in Wirral go to the polls next month to choose candidates who they want to run the borough.
The May 4 votes will be the first time Wirral Council will elect all 66 councillors at once with political parties and independents gearing up in key areas they are hoping to win.
Wirral’s Conservatives look unlikely to pick up any seats given current national polling and their closest second place in 2022 was a hefty 37% behind the winner.
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However Wirral’s Labour Party will be hoping to take back the Pensby and Thingwall seat as well as Birkenhead and win in Greasby, Frankby and Irby for the first time.
Wirral’s Green Party will be looking to pick up seats in Seacombe and Bebington, and keep hold of at least one seat in Bromborough. Meanwhile Liberal Democrats will be targeting Conservative safe seats like Heswall.
The elections come against the backdrop of the council's recent budget with cuts to some services and a council tax rise. New factors like new voter ID requirements as well as a bigger election could also play a role in the future makeup of the council as areas with nine seats up for grabs had less than 120 votes between them in 2022.
If Labour is able to bridge those gaps in Wallasey, Pensby and Thingwall, and Greasby, the party could have a majority of councillors for the first time since 2019. Former councillor Mike Sullivan is also now running again in Pensby after he quit alleging bullying in 2018.
However Labour has already lost a seat in Rock Ferry as only two candidates have been put forward in what is considered a safe area for the party. Paula Basnett who was previously announced as a candidate in Pensby is now running there alongside Tony Murphy.
This is after Cllr Clare O’Hagan withdrew her nomination and Cllr Chris Davies was deselected. Cllr Yvonne Nolan was also deselected for criticising the party and is now running as an independent.
Cllr David Burgess-Joyce is also running as an Independent after he was barred from running as a Conservative in both Greasby and Heswall. Some councillors have also moved wards with Conservative Max Booth running in Hoylake and Labour's Jerry Williams and Helen Collinson running in Upton and Birkenhead respectively.
The deadline to register to vote is April 17 while the deadline to apply for a postal vote is April 18. The deadline to apply for a free voter ID for those who don’t have one eligible is April 25.
Here are the names of everyone you can vote for in each council ward in May.
Bebington
Judith Grier (Green)
Ed Lamb (Green)
Anthony Molyneux (Liberal Democrats)
Nicola Oakley (Conservatives)
Kaitlyn Peterson (Labour)
Callum Stuart (Labour)
Barry Tunna (Conservative)
Christina Tunna (Conservatives)
Jason Walsh (Green)
Robert Ward (Labour)
Catherine Williams (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Bidston and St James
Wendy Clements (Conservatives)
Jayne Clough (Green)
Malcolm Davis (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Craig Fitzpatrick (Green)
Jonathon Goldsmith (Conservatives)
Millie Gorman (Green)
Liz Grey (Labour)
Brian Kenny (Labour)
Tina McDonnell (Conservatives)
Julie McManus (Labour)
Mike Parsons (Liberal Democrats)
Birkenhead and Tranmere
Richard Baker (Conservatives)
Pat Cleary (Green)
Helen Collinson (Labour)
Catherine Evans (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Ada Lewis (Conservatives)
Julienne McGoeugh (Labour)
Piara Miah (Labour)
Amanda Omwuemene (Green)
Edward Smith (Liberal Democrats)
Ewen Tomeny (Green)
Colin Young (Conservatives)
Bromborough
Brenda Ashton (Labour)
Jo Bird (Green)
Gillian Byrne (Conservatives)
Des Drury (Conservatives)
Finlay Gordon (Labour)
Eleanor Johnson (Conservatives)
Stephanie McGarry-Gribbin (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Ruth Molyneux (Green)
Kieran Murphy (Green)
Sue Percy (Labour)
Clatterbridge
Helen Cameron (Conservative)
Dan Gorman (Green)
Jenny Holliday (Labour)
Michael Holliday (Labour)
Mary Jordan (Conservatives)
Jim McGinley (Green)
Pamela Peacock (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Cherry Povall (Conservatives)
Christopher Raymond (Liberal Democrats)
John Rodgers (Green)
Joanne Smith (Labour)
Claughton
Charles Assa (Conservatives)
Gary Bergin (NationaL Housing Party)
Susan Braddock (Green)
George Davies (Labour)
David Evans (Liberal Democrats)
Stephen Foulkes (Labour)
Liz Heydon (Green)
Andrew Hodson (Conservatives)
Perle Sheldricks (Green)
Sheridan Tear-Edmonds (Conservatives)
Gillian Wood (Labour)
Roy Wood (Liberal Democrats)
Eastham
Chris Carubia (Liberal Democrats)
Denise Crossley-Williams (Conservatives)
Melina Downey (Labour)
Phil Gilchrist (Liberal Democrats)
William Harland (Conservatives)
Joy Hogg (Green)
Percy Hogg (Green)
Philip Merry (Conservatives)
Sarah of the House of Blackburn (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Peter Rand (Green)
Helen Raymond (Liberal Democrats)
William Smith (Labour Party)
Nicole Williams (Labour)
Greasby, Frankby and Irby
Alan Brighouse (Liberal Democrats)
David Burgess-Joyce (Independent)
Miriam Cooke (green)
Tracy Elzeiny (Conservatives)
Rosie Evans (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
David Fairbairn (Conservatives)
Tom Green (Green)
Gail Jenkinson (Labour)
Darren May (Conservatives)
Grahame McManus (Labour)
Cathy Page (Green)
Mark Skillicorn (Labour)
Heswall
Sophia Ballantyne (Labour)
Elizabeth Brame (Liberal Democrats)
Graham Davies (Conservatives)
Andrew Chapman Hodson (Conservatives)
Kathy Hodson (Conservatives)
David Jones (Liberal Democrats)
Donna Lyons-Whearty (For Future’s Sake - Freedom Alliance)
Michael Royden (Labour)
Jimmy Sergi (Labour)
Philip Waterfield (Liberal Democrats)
Hoylake and Meols
Max Booth (Conservatives)
Paul Carney (Labour)
Fintan Cleary (Green)
Alix Cockcroft (Green)
Tony Cox (Conservatives)
Andrew Gardner (Conservatives)
Tom Hughes (Liberal Democrats)
Ian Johnson (Liberal Democrats)
Sheila Murphy (Labour)
Julian Priest (Green)
Colin Roper (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
David Sindall (Labour)
Leasowe and Moreton East
Tracy Blackburn (Conservatives)
Katie Bristow (Green)
Neil Cartwright (Conservatives)
Angie Davies (Labour)
Michael Dixon (Green)
Karl Greaney (Independent)
Paul Jobson (Labour)
Louise Luxon-Kewley (Labour)
Juliette Manley (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Chase Newton (Liberal Democrats)
Holly Turner (Green)
Jonathan Yonjiang Wang (Conservatives)
Liscard
Daniel Bruffell (Reform)
Helen Burnham (Green)
Stephen Dobson (Conservatives)
Vicky Downie (Liberal Democrats)
William Gorman (Green)
Daisy Kenny (Labour)
Peter Lageard (Green)
James Laing (Labour)
Lesley May (Conservatives)
Jane Owens (Conservatives)
Lynsey Welsh (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Janette Williamson (Labour)
Moreton West and Saughall Massie
Colin Baldwin (Conservatives)
John Bennett (Conservatives)
Mark Cawood (Labour)
Hilary Cullen (Green)
Rick Hughes (Green)
Niamh McGarry-Gribbin (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Katherine Louise Stuart (Labour)
Maegan Stuart (Labour)
Christopher Teggin (Liberal Democrats)
Robert Thompson (Liberal Democrats)
Jane Turner (Green)
Paul Whelligan (Reform UK)
Vida Wilson (Conservatives)
New Brighton
Alexandra Badwi (Green)
Andrew Bennett (Green)
Dermot Bolger (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Andrew Gilfoyle (Conservatives)
Charlie Houghton (Liberal Democrats)
Tony Jones (Labour)
Ann Lavin (Conservatives)
Paul Martin (Labour)
Elizabeth Murphy (Conservatives)
Sue Powell-Wilde (Labour)
Cynthia Stonall (Green)
Oxton
Clint Agard (Labour)
Allan Brame (Liberal Democrats)
Tony Cottier (Labour)
Allan Goode (Green)
Philip Griffiths (Reform UK)
Rachel Heydon (Green)
Stuart Kelly (Liberal Democrats)
Jon Loach (Conservatives)
Freda Punnen (Conservatives)
Mike Redfern (Liberal Democrats)
Monika Skinner (For Future’s Sake. Freedom Alliance)
Colin Vallance-Owen (Conservatives)
Alex Wallis (Green)
Pensby and Thingwall
Ann Ainsworth (Labour)
Allen Burton (Green)
Ivan Camphor (Conservatives)
Mike Collins (Conservatives)
Leah Fraser (Conservatives)
Marilyn Ruth Jones (Green)
William Parry (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Richie Pitt (Labour)
Mark Reeves (Green)
Mike Sullivan (Labour)
Judith Wolf (Liberal Democrats)
Prenton
John Ainsworth (Labour)
Michael Clements (Conservatives)
Chris Cooke (Green)
Mark Davey-Hayford (Conservatives)
Lily Evans (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Sibani Ghosh (Conservatives)
Harry Gorman (Green)
Naomi Graham (Green)
Rachel Millard (Labour)
Jonathan Richardson (Liberal Democrats)
David Tyrrell (Liberal Democrats)
Archie Wood (Labour)
Rock Ferry
Susan Amyes (Conservatives)
Paula Basnett (Labour)
Frank Doyle (Liberal Democrats)
Margaret Kalil (Conservatives)
Craig McDonald (Green)
Tony Murphy (Labour)
Yvonne Nolan (Independent)
Helen O’Donnell (Green)
Gareth Rowlands (Green)
Tony Stanley (Reform UK)
Paul Taylor (Conservatives)
Seacombe
Paul Cardin (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Bobby Cartwright (Conservatives)
Tom Laing (Labour)
Adele Lumb (Conservatives)
Anthony Morris (Liberal Democrats)
Hannah Rapley (Green)
Evelyn Sorrell (Conservatives)
Sarah Spoor (Green)
Kaitlin Stuart (Labour)
Paul Stuart (Labour)
Rae Voller (Green)
Upton
Johnathan Andrew (Conservatives)
Stephen Bennett (Labour)
Andy Brown (Conservatives)
Debbie Cameron (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Lily Clough (Green)
Alan Davies (Liberal Democrats)
Thomas Maxwell (Conservatives)
Nadia Parsons (Green)
Jean Robinson (Labour)
Tim Watson (Green)
Jerry Williams (Labour)
Wallasey
Matthew Chell (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
John Codling (Liberal Democrats)
Graeme Cooper (Labour)
Ryan Davies (Green)
Moira Gommon (Green)
Jane Gorman (Green)
Brenda Hall (Labour)
Steven Hoey (Conservatives)
Ian Lewis (Conservatives)
Saul Murphy (Labour)
Lesley Rennie (Conservatives)
John Uriel (Liberal Democrats)
Lynda Williams (Reform UK)
West Kirby and Thurstaston
Karen Brenchley (Green)
Barbara Burton (Green)
Ross Campbell (Liberal Democrats)
John Cresswell (Liberal Democrats)
Jeff Green (Conservatives)
Jenny Johnson (Conservatives)
Paula Kenny (Labour)
Mary Macewan (Labour)
Simon Mountney (Conservatives)
Peter Reisdorf (Liberal Democrats)
Elizabeth Watkins (Labour)
Pat Whearty (For Future’s Sake - Freedom Alliance)
Mark Wilde (Green)
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