Tens of thousands of steps giving out leaflets, hundreds of hours of work and broken shoes - this is the toll it takes to be a council candidate.
Weeks of planning in the lead up to polls opening from different political parties is all carefully planned as dozens of people appeal for votes. In Wigan it is no different, so the Local Democracy Reporting Service has met up with candidates to learn how those colourful leaflets get through so many letterboxes.
For Labour, as they already have a controlling portion of the council, it is about maintaining their huge majority of 61 council seats out of 75.
