People in Sefton will be casting their votes in a crucial round of local elections on Thursday.
Residents of the borough will be asked to decide who they want to be representing them on Sefton Council. One-third (22) of the council's 66 seats will be up for grabs.
Voting will take place across Sefton between 7am and 10pm on Thursday, May 5. The count of the voting will take place through the Thursday night and Friday morning across two sites, Aintree Racecourse and Dunes Leisure Centre in Southport.
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Labour will be expected to retain power in the borough, but could lose some seats. Here is a full list of all the candidates you can vote for in the Sefton Council local elections on Thursday, May 4.
The deadline to register to vote in the local elections is 11:59pm on Monday April 17. Register here.
Ainsdale
Nigel Ball - Conservatives
Lesley Delves - Liberal Democrats
Janet Harrison - Labour
Laurence Rankin- Greens
Birkdale
David Collins - Greens
Sam Harris - Conservatives
Andrew Lynn - Reform UK
Simon Shaw - Liberal Democrats
Ged Wright - Labour Party
Blundellsands
Katie Burgess - Conservatives
Kieran Dams - Greens
Brian Dunnng - Liberal Democrats
Christine Howard - Labour
Cambridge
Leo Evans - Liberal Democrats
Joanne Faulkner - Labour
Carla Fox - Greens
Gary Haran Doyle - Conservatives
Church
John Bellis - Freedom Alliance
Graham Campbell - Conservatives
Neil Doolin - Greens
Veronica Webster - Labour
Derby
Paul Barber - Conservatives
Dave Robinson - Labour
Kate Robinson - Greens
Dean Young - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Dukes
Alwynne Cartmell - Greens
Laura Nuttall - Conservatives
John Pugh - Liberal Democrats
Trevor Vaughan - Labour Party
Ford
Harry Bliss - Conservatives
Lyndsey Davies - Greens
Adarsh Makdani - Liberal Democrats
Ian Moncur - Labour
Harington
Annie Gorski - Liberal Democrats
Peter Harvey - Labour
Dave Irving - Formby Residents Action Group
Michael Shaw - Conservatives
Michael Walsh - Greens
Kew
Vic Foulds - Liberal Democrats
Sean Halsall - Labour
Margaret Middleton - Conservatives
Will White - Greens
Linacre
Anne Clegg - Conservatives
Lily Davies - Greens
John Fairclough - Labour
John Rice - Independent
Litherland
Graham Bentley - Greens
Michael Crichton - Conservatives
Ian Smith - Independent
Paul Tweed - Labour
Manor
Jan Blanchard - Conservatives
Clare-Louise Carragher - Labour
John Gibson - Liberal Democrats
Marie Harrison - Freedom Alliance
James O'Keeffe - Greens
Meols
Pauline Hesketh - Greens
Stephen Jowett - Labour
Lauren Keith - Liberal Democrats
Bob Teesdale - Conservatives
Molyneux
Marion Atkinson - Labour
Carolyn Fitzgerald - Freedom Alliance
Joanne McCall - Maghull Community Independents
Morgan Walton - Conservatives
Netherton & Orrell
Sue Bradshaw - Labour
Maria Walsh - Freedom Alliance
Stephen Witham - Conservatives
Norwood
Jo Barton - Liberal Democrats
David McIntosh - Greens
Greg Myers - Labour
Pam Teesdale - Conservatives
Park
Keith Cawdron - Liberal Democrats
Mike Desmond - Labour and Cooperative Party
Roy Greason - Greens
John Sayers - Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents
Greg Tithertington - Conservatives
Ravenmeols
Maria Bennett - Formby Residents Action Group
Alison Gibbon - Greens
Lisa Nicolson-Smith - Liberal Democrats
Chris Page - Labour
Angelica Sadrieva - Conservatives
St Oswald
Conor O'Neil - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Paula Spencer - Labour
Karl Starkey - Conservatives
Sudell
Marie Blease - Freedom Alliance
Phil Hart - Labour and Cooperative Party
Daniel Kirk - Conservatives
Patrick McKinley - Maghull Community Independents
Victoria
Andrew Burgess - Conservatives
Leslie Byrom - Labour
Samantha Cook - Greens
Hannah Gee - Liberal Democrats
Parish Councillors
Formby (Harington ward)
Colin Appleton - Conservatives
Sandra Baxter - Formby Residents Action Group
Luke Brodie - Formby Residents Action Group
Jill Butler - Formby Residents Action Group
Damien Cullington - Conservatives
Helen Duerden - Labour
David Dutton - Conservatives
Vicky Hall - Conservatives
Dave Irving - Formby Residents Action Group
James McDonald - Conservatives
Liz Mercer - Labour
Carol Richards - Labour
Joe Riley - Conservatives
Angelica Sadrieva - Conservatives
Michael Shaw - Conservatives
Kev Delish Van Man - Formby Residents Action Group
Formby (Ravenmeols ward)
Derek Baxter - Formby Residents Action Group
Maria Bennett - Formby Residents Action Group
Dawn Brodie - Formby Residents Action Group
Karen Cavanagh - Labour
Yvonne Irving - Formby Residents Action Group
Bernie Prescott - Formby Residents Action Group
Mike Weild - Formby Residents Action Group
Paul Wiencke - Formby Residents Action Group
Lydiate (North ward)
John Bailey - Labour
Jose Jimenez - Lydiate Community Independents
Alan Kelly - Lydiate Community Independents
Daniel Kirk - Conservatives
Lydiate (South ward)
Paul McCord - Lydiate Community Independents
Greg Titherington - Conservatives
Andy Wilson - Lydiate Community Independents
Ian Wilson - Lydiate Community Independents
Lydiate (West ward)
Sonia Crompton - Lydiate Community Independents
Matthew Lock - Labour
Neil Spencer - Lydiate Community Independents
Neil Stoddart - Lydiate Community Independents
Craig Titherington - Conservatives
Maghull (East ward)
John Baker - Maghull Community Independents
Josh Burns - Labour
Bryan Carlsen - Maghull Community Independents
Kenneth Hughes - Labour
Daniel Kirk - Conservatives
David Leatherbarrow - Labour
Matthew Lock - Labour
Brian McCormack - Labour
Patrick McKinley - Maghull Community Independents
Barry Nixon - Maghull Community Independents
Yvonne Sayers - Maghull Community Independents
Maghull (North ward)
Gemma Birchall - Labour
Lee Birchall - Labour
Catherine Carlsen - Maghull Community Independents
Chris Carlsen - Maghull Community Independents
Ross Ferguson - Labour
Steve Leek - Maghull Community Independents
Patricia McCormack - Labour
Christopher Purcell - Labour
Bobby Rooney - Maghull Community Independents
Aileen Ryan - Maghull Community Independents
Greg Titherington
Maghull (South ward)
Paul Brougham - Labour
Tony Carr - Maghull Community Independents
Jonathan Desmond - Labour
Joanne McCall - Maghull Community Independents
Maghull ( West ward)
Sam Cramsie - Labour
Peter Darlington - Maghull Community Independents
James Dolan - Labour
Stephen May - Labour
Chloe Parker - Labour
John Sayers - Maghull Community Independents
Craig Titherington - Conservatives
Dave Topping - Maghull Community Independents
Andy Wilson - Maghull Community Independents
Uncontested seats for Parish Councils
Aintree Village North
Aintree Village South
Hightown
Ince Blundell
Little Altcar
Melling
Sefton North
Sefton South
Thornton
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