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Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Sefton Local Elections 2023: Every candidate standing in Sefton

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.

READ MORE: Local elections 2023: Every candidate standing in Liverpool

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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