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Oliver Pridmore

Full list of Nottingham City Council 2023 election candidates published

Labour are the only party putting up a candidate for every seat available on Nottingham City Council in this year's elections. Those standing for election on Nottinghamshire's seven district and borough councils, as well as the city council, are being revealed ahead of polling day on May 4.

Labour are going into the election with a strong majority of 50 members on Nottingham City Council, compared to three currently held by the Nottingham Independents and two held by the Conservatives. The full list of candidates for the May 4 vote has now been published, with 36 of the current Nottingham City Council members choosing to stand again.

Labour will be the only party with a candidate for each of the 55 council seats available. The Conservatives have 41 candidates, the Nottingham Independents have 28 and the Liberal Democrats have 20.

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Those with a smaller number of candidates include the Green Party with 17, UKIP with two, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition with one and three independent candidates. Anyone wishing to vote in the election has to register to vote by April 17 and will also have to make sure they have photo ID to show at their polling station.

Accepted forms of ID include a UK, EEA or Commonwealth passport, UK or EEA driving licence, an older person's bus pass or an Oyster 60+ card. Those who don't have an accepted form of ID can apply online, but must do so by 5pm on April 25.

Following polling day on May 4, counting will take place on May 5 and the declaration of which party is is control of the council is expected at 4pm. Below is the full list of candidates standing in the Nottingham City Council elections on May 4:

Aspley (Three councillors)

Graham Chapman - Labour

Ian Culley - Conservative

Patience Ifediora - Labour

Carole McCulloch - Labour

Stewart Rotherham - Liberal Democrat

Neill Slane - Conservative

Marjorie Wroughton - Conservative

Basford (Three councillors)

Robert Boden - Conservative

Andrew Jones - Green

Richard Minkley - Liberal Democrat

Salma Mumtaz - Labour and Co-op

Nick Raine - Labour and Co-op

Wayne Unczur - Nottingham Independents

Linda Woodings - Labour and Co-op

Cassius Yarde - Nottingham Independents

Berridge (Three councillors)

Angela Kandola - Labour

Sulcan Mahmood - Labour

Ellie Mitchell - Green

Peter Parsons - Conservative

Shuguftah Quddoos - Labour

Bestwood (Three councillors)

Peter Foulkes-Mills - Nottingham Independents

Ted Grainger - Conservative

Jay Hayes - Labour

Rimshah Hussain - Conservative

Craig Jarvis - Conservative

Francesco Lari - Nottingham Independents

Fran Loi - Nottingham Independents

Irenea Marriott - UKIP

Georgia Power - Labour

Diane Rotherham - Liberal Democrat

Andrew Taylor - UKIP

Audra Wynter - Labour

Bilborough (Three councillors)

Faith Gakanje-Ajala - Labour

Sam Harris - Labour

Helen Kalsi - Labour

Liz Morgan-Danvers - Liberal Democrat

Alfred Pryor - Conservative

Bulwell (Three councillors)

Matt Genn - Liberal Democrat

Tony Horan - Nottingham Independents

Mohammad Jabarkhyl - Conservative

Maria Joannou - Labour

Aleksandra Kovacevic - Conservative

Ethan Radford - Labour

Michael Savage - Labour

Bulwell Forest (Three councillors)

Ebun Adejuyigbe - Conservative

Samuel Awolola - Nottingham Independents

Cheryl Barnard - Labour and Co-op

Darren Buckland - Green Party

Samuel Gardiner - Labour and Co-op

Caroline Kampila - Conservative

Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall - Labour and Co-op

Paul Ruane - Conservative

Pollyanna Sutherland - Nottingham Independents

Charlie Taylor - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

Castle (Two councillors)

Katie Kelsey - Green

Lloydie Lloyd - Liberal Democrat

Sam Lux - Labour

Carol Morrell - Green

Rebecca Procter - Liberal Democrat

Janet Scott - Conservative

Matt Shannon - Labour

Clifton East (Three councillors)

Kevin Clarke - Nottingham Independents

Benedict Claxton Stevens - Liberal Democrat

Raja Hussain - Labour

Kirsty Jones - Nottingham Independents

Asif Maqsood - Labour

William Scott - Conservative

Phil Spear - Labour

Daniel Sullivan - Conservative

Maria Watson - Nottingham Independents

Clifton West (Two councillors)

Daniel Atherton - Conservative

Paul Bradshaw - Nottingham Independents

Emma Crane - Nottingham Independents

Aamir Nawaz - Conservative

Andrew Rule - Independent

Hayley Spain - Labour

Roger Steel - Independent

Mark Vandersluis - Liberal Democrat

Seb Wilkins - Labour

Dales (Three councillors)

Ann Bourke - Liberal Democrat

Neil Harbinson - Conservative

Mohammed Jamil - Nottingham Independents

Gul Khan - Labour

Neghat Khan - Labour

Lucy Marsh - Green

David Mellen - Labour

Penelope Messenger - Conservative

Margaret Trueman - Conservative

Wendy Wong - Nottingham Independents

Hyson Green and Arboretum (Three councillors)

Liaqat Ali - Labour

Alexander Foster - Liberal Democrat

Julie Hanson - Green

Sana Nasir - Labour

Mansoor Qazi - Nottingham Independents

Naim Salim - Labour

Paul Singh - Nottingham Independents

Collin Stott - Conservative

Richard Sutton - Green

Leen Valley (Two councillors)

Audrey Dinnall - Labour

Nadia Farhat - Labour

David Gibson - Conservative

Gary Long - Liberal Democrat

Christina Morgan-Danvers - Liberal Democrat

Gail Stancliffe - Conservative

Lenton and Wollaton East (Three councillors)

Daniel Dieppe - Conservative

Oliver Fairey - Green

Titus Hopkins - Conservative

Imran Jalil - Labour

Pavlos Kotsonis - Labour

Samina Riaz - Labour

Tony Sutton - Liberal Democrat

Mapperley (Three councillors)

Leslie Ayoola - Labour and Co-op

Barbara Coulson - Green

Kirsty Jones - Labour and Co-op

Graham Kilbourne - Conservative

Nigel King - Independent

Adam McGregor - Green

Peter Mendenhall - Liberal Democrat

Sajid Mohammed - Labour and Co-op

Zarmeena Quraishi - Conservative

Melvyn Shepherd - Conservative

Catherine Sutherland - Green

Meadows (Two councillors)

Margo Bohacz - Nottingham Independents

Felicity Crofts - Conservative

Michael Edwards - Labour

Nicholas Packham - Conservative

Ceri Pryke-Hendy - Green

Naveed Rashid - Nottingham Independents

Eunice Regan - Labour

Michael Thomas - Liberal Democrat

Radford (Two councillors)

William Ellis - Green

Farzanna Mahmood - Labour

Fozia Mubashar - Labour

Matthew Pike - Conservative

Tom Procter - Liberal Democrat

Sherwood (Three councillors)

Colin Barratt - Nottingham Independents

John Burgess - Green

Sheila Eaton - Conservative

Stephen Freeland - Liberal Democrat

Rebecca Green - Nottingham Independents

Ilona Hart - Conservative

AJ Matsiko - Labour

Nayab Patel - Labour

Rachel Richards - Green

Aimee Scrimshaw - Nottingham Independents

Adele Williams - Labour

St Ann's (Three councillors)

Rohey Bah - Nottingham Independents

Neil Barrett - Green

John Crofts - Conservative

James Housley - Liberal Democrat

Corall Jenkins - Labour

Anwar Khan - Labour

Sam Njie - Nottingham Independents

Devontay Okure - Labour

Gisella Sobarasua - Nottingham Independents

Glenys Sullivan - Conservative

Boma Thomas - Conservative

Jonnie Walker - Green

Wollaton West (Three councillors)

Saj Ahmad - Labour

Steve Battlemuch - Labour

Stuart Frost - Conservative

Cinderella Griffiths - Nottingham Independents

Kabir Hussain - Conservative

Zafran Khan - Labour

Joginder Prem - Nottingham Independents

Michael Procter - Liberal Democrat

Awadh Salim - Conservative

Bakhtawar Sehra - Nottingham Independents

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