Next month will see voters flock to polling stations to vote for their local representatives.
Sefton Metropolitan Borough has 22 wards, with each ward being home to three councillors who are voted in by people living in the area. The total number of councillors elected to represent each area is 66, with one seat in every ward up for grabs with the exception of one ward.
The one ward in Sefton that is uncontested this year is St Oswald as no candidates have come forward, as a result, Carla Thomas will hold her seat. Thousands will gather at polling stations up and down the borough on May 5 as people cross the box for whoever they want to represent them.
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Labour will be looking to add to their 48 seats in the borough, the most any party had held since the metropolitan borough was formed in 1974. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both hold eight seats heading into the elections, with Formby Residents Action Group also holding two.
The count will take place throughout the night heading into Friday, May 6, with the final ward being declared in the early hours of Friday. Verification and counting will take place at Dunes Leisure Centre for Southport wards and at Aintree Racecourse for Sefton Central and South Sefton wards.
Here is the full list of candidates:
Ainsdale
Tony Brough - Conservative Party
Lesley Delves - Liberal Democrats
Janet Harrison - Labour Party
Laurence Rankin - Green Party
Birkdale
Iain Brodie Brown - Liberal Democrats
David Collins - Green Party
Lee Durkin- Conservative Party
Daniel McKee - Labour Party
Blundellsands
Harry Bliss - The Conservative Party
Natasha Carlin - Labour Party
Brian Dunning - Liberal Democrats
Cambridge
Carla Fox - Green Party
Mike Morris - Conservative Party
Michael Sammon - Liberal Democrats
Ian Upton - Labour Party
Church
John Campbell - Conservative Party
Neil Doolin - Green Party
Daren Veidman - Labour Party
Derby
John McDonald - Independent
Daniel Nuttall - Conservative Party
Brenda O'Brien - Labour Party
Duke
Jo Barton - Liberal Democrats
Laura Lunn-Bates - Labour Party
Trevor Vaughan - Labour Party
Ron Watson - Conservative Party
Ford
Elizabeth Dowd - Labour Party
Chris Doyle - Independent
Chris Haws - Workers Party of Britain
Margaret Middleton - Conservative Party
Harrington
Aimee Brodie - Formby Residents Action Group
Denise Dutton - Conservative Party
Annie Gorski - Liberal Democrats
Carol Ann Richards - Labour Party
Michael Walsh - Green Party
Kew
Vic Foulds - Liberal Democrat
Laura Lunn-Bates - Labour Party
Laura Nuttall - Conservative Party
Linacre
Lynne Bold - Conservative Party
Lisa Ford - Independent
Gordon Friel - Labour Party
Litherland
Molli Cooke - Independent
Billie Gibson - Northern Independence Party
John Kelly - Labour Party
Stephen Witham - Conservative Party
Manor
Janice Blanchard - Conservative Party
John Gibson - Liberal Democrats
James McGinty - Labour Party
Jame O'Keefe - Green Party
Meols
Thomas De Freitas - Conservative Party
Pauline Hesketh - Green Party
Stephen Jowett - Labour Party
Gareth Lloyd-Johnson - Liberal Democrats
Molyneux
Marcus Bleasdale - Conservative Party
Danny Burns - Labour Party
Tony Carr - Independent
Netherton & Orrell
Andrew Burgess - Conservative Party
Ian Maher - Labour Party
John Rice - Independent
Norwood
Mhairi Doyle - Labour Party
David McIntosh - Green Party
Pam Teesdale - Conservative Party
Stuart Williams - Liberal Democrats
Park
June Burns - Labour Party
Roy Greason - Green Party
Kenneth Hughes - Independent
Daniel Sims - Conservative Party
Neil Spencer - Independent
Ravenmeols
Alison Gibbon - Green Party
Nina Killen - Labour Party
Bob McCann - Formby ResidentsAction Group
Michael Shaw- Conservative Party
Sudell
Emily Baker - Liberal Democrats
Judy Hardman - Labour Party
Thomas Hughes - Independent
Paul McCord - Workers Party of Britain
Yvonne Sayers - Independent
Morgan Walton - Conservative Party
Victoria
Katie Burgess - Conservative Party
Samantha Cook - Green Party
Hannah Gee - Liberal Democrats
Jan Grace - Labour Party
