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 Knowsley 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 2022: Wirral, Knowsley, Sefton and St Helens go to the polls
Labour will be expected to retain power in the borough, but could lose some seats. Labour have already suffered a blow in recent weeks, with five Sefton councillors - including a number of former Labour members - forming a breakaway independent group on the council.
Here is a full list of all the candidates you can vote for in the Sefton Council local elections on Thursday.
Ainsdale Ward
- Tony Brough (Conservative)
- Lesley Delves (Lib Dem)
- Janet Harrison (Labour)
- Laurence George Rankin (Green Party)
Birkdale
- Ian Malcolm Brodie Brown (Lib Dem)
- David William Collins (Green Party)
- Lee Anthony Durkin (Conservative)
- Daniel Gordon Mckee (Labour)
Blundellsands
- Harry Bliss (Conservative)
- Natasha Olivia Carlin (Labour)
- Brian Frederick Dunning (Lib Dem)
Cambridge
- Carla Fox (Green Party)
- Mike Morris (Conservative)
- Michael Robert Sammon (Lib Dem)
- Ian Upton (Labour)
Church
- John Graham Campbell (Conservative)
- Neil Anthony Doolin (Green Party)
- Daren Veidman (Labour)
Derby
- John McDonald (Independent)
- Daniel Paul Nuttall (Conservative)
- Brenda O’Brien (Labour)
Dukes
- Jo Barton (Lib Dem)
- Laura Louise Lunn-Bates (Labour)
- Trevor James Vaughan (Labour)
- Ron Watson (Conservative)
Ford
- Elizabeth Claire Dowd (Labour)
- Chris Doyle
- Chris Haws (Workers Party)
- Margaret Middleton (Conservative)
Harington
- Aimee Louise Brodie (Formby Action Group)
- Denise Dutton (Conservative)
- Annie Gorski (Lib Dem)
- Carol Ann Richards (Labour)
- Michael James Walsh (Green Party)
Kew
- Janis Mary Blackburne (Labour)
- Vic Foulds (Lib Dem)
- Laura Louise Lunn-Bates (Labour)
- Laura Elizabeth Nuttall (Conservative)
Linacre
- Lynne Margaret Bold (Conservative)
- Lisa Ford (Independent)
- Gordon Friel (Labour)
Litherland
- Molli Louise Patricia Cooke (Independent)
- Billie Jo Gibson (Northern Independance Party)
- John Kelly (Labour)
- Stephen Witham (Conservative)
Manor
- Janice Blanchard (Conservative)
- John Philip Robson Gibson (Lib Dem)
- James Stephen McGinnity (Labour)
- James David O’Keefe (Green Party)
Meols
- Thomas Andrew De Freitas (Conservative)
- Pauline Ann Hesketh (Green Party)
- Stephen James Jowett (Labour)
- Gareth Lloyd-Johnson (Lib Dem)
Molyneux
- Marcus Julian Romaine Bleasdale (Conservative)
- Danny Burns (Labour)
- Tony Carr (Independent)
Netherton and Orrel
- Andrew Joseph Burgess (Conservative)
- Ian Ralph Maher (Labour)
- John Philip Rice (Independent)
Norwood
- Mhairi McLeod Johnstone Doyle (Labour)
- David Andrew McIntosh (Green Party)
- Pam Teesdale (Conservative)
- Stuart Brian Williams (Lib Dem)
Park
- June Burns (Labour)
- Roy Greason (Green Party)
- Kenneth Michael Hughes
- Daniel Sims (Conservative)
- Neil Spencer
Ravenmeols
- Alison Moira Gibbon (Green Party)
- Nina Samantha Killen (Labour)
- Bob McCann (Formby Action Group)
- Michael James Shaw (Conservative)
Sudell
- Emily Baker (Lib Dem)
- Judy Hardman (Labour)
- Thomas Henry Hughes
- Paul Francis McCord (Workers Party)
- Yvonne Sayers (Independent)
- Morgan Walton (Conservative)
Victoria
- Katie Maria Burgess (Conservative)
- Samantha Lauren Cook (Green)
- Hannah Gee (Lib Dem)
- Jan Grace (Labour)
