With just under a month to go until Liverpool's crunch local elections - the full list of all those standing has been released.
The elections on May 4 will be Liverpool's most hotly-contested for years. They will also be a very complex and unpredictable set of votes after a huge raft of changes to the city's electoral map.
Previously Liverpool's elections were held in every three of four years, with a third of seats up for grabs each time around. This May every single seat will be contested and a full new council will be elected for a four-year term.
The number of councillors will be reduced from 90 to 85 and while currently the city is divided up into thirty wards represented by three members, this will change too.
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The new ward map will now see Liverpool divided up into 64 wards. Within this there will be 46 wards represented by just one councillor. There will be 15 areas represented by two councillors and just three larger areas that will be represented by three elected city councillors.
Labour will be favourites to retain their majority and will beed 43 council seats to do this. But after several years of scandals linked to the ruling party, their stranglehold on the city council could be weakened.
The Liberal Democrats will be hoping to strengthen their position as the city's official opposition by taking more seats, particularly in the south of the city, while the Greens and Liberals will be hoping to build on their strongholds in St Michaels and Tuebrook respectively.
Smaller city wards could also mean more success for independent candidates and there will be a lot to choose from. The Liverpool Community Independents group - started by former Labour councillors as a breakaway group - will stand nine candidates, while a large number of independent candidates are standing as part of the Liberate Liverpool group, headed up by hotelier Lawrence Kenwright.
The full list of candidates is below. Two and three-member wards have been identified, all the others are single-member wards.
The deadline to register to vote in the local elections is 11:59pm on Monday April 17. Register here.
Aigburth
Dave Antrobus - Liberal Democrats
David Jeffery - Conservatives
Cate Murphy - Labour and Co-operative
Jean-Paul Roberts - Greens
Allerton
Joshua Falconer - Labour
Nathan Gallimore-King - Conservatives
Andrew Makinson - Liberal Democrats
Clare McIntyre - Labour
Rosalyn Morton - Greens
Anfield (two seats)
Craig Dobbin - Greens
Billy Marrat - Labour
Jimmy Richardson - Liberal Party (Steve Radford's Candidate)
Andrew Roe-Crines - Conservatives
Wiebke Rueterjans - Liberal Democrats
Lena Simic - Labour
Shelley Williams - Liberal Party (Steve Radford's candidate)
Arundel
Rachel Blackman - Greens
Jeremy Clein - Liberal Democrats
Laura Robertson-Collins - Labour
Belle Vale (two seats)
Stephen Atkinson - Liberal Democrats
Ruth Bennett - Labour
Alvaro Costela - Greens
Adam Fitzgibbon - Liberal Democrats
Malvern Dean Hanlon - Independent
Lynnie Hinnigan - Labour
Rev Jane Mckelvey - Independent
Broadgreen
Nick Crofts - Labour and Co-operative
Andrew Dimelow - Greens
Barry Farmer - Independent
Josie Mullen - Liberal Democrats
Brownlow Hill (two seats)
Tom Cardwell - Labour
Steve Garnett - Liberal Democrats
Michael Stretton - Greens
Heather Westhead - Labour
Calderstones
Danny Bowman - Conservatives
Brian Dowling - Labour
Liz Makinson - Liberal Democrat
David Teasdale - Greens
Canning (two seats)
Simon Baron - Greens
Michael Flaherty - Independent
Tomas Logan - Labour
Nathalie Nicholas - Labour
Joseph Slupsky - Liberal Democrats
Childwall (two seats)
John Coyne - Greens
Sharon Cross - Independent
Wendy Hine - Conservatives
Brenda McGrath - Labour
Pat Moloney - Liberal Democrats
Matthew Smyth - Labour
Mike Storey - Liberal Democrats
Church
Lovemore Bhebhe - Conservatives
Carl Cashman - Liberal Democrats
Stefano Mariani - Greens
David Needham - Labour
City Centre North (two seats)
Christine Banks - Labour
Jacob McNally - Independent
Brian Phillips - Independent
Nick Small - Labour
Julian Todd - Greens
Maria Toolan - Liverpool Community Independents
Karl White - Liberal Democrats
City Centre South (three seats)
Angela Coleman - Labour
Jake Connolly - Liberal Democrats
Billio Jo Gibson - Northern Independence Party - Nationalise Energy Companies
Elizabeth Hayden - Labour
Sally Newey - Greens
Sean Weaver - Independent
Hetty Wood - Labour
Clubmoor East
Louise Ashton - Labour
Martin Dunschen - Greens
Peter Grimes - Independent
Alan Oscroft - Liberal Party - Steve Radford's Candidate
Clubmoor West
Mundher Ba Shammakh - Conservatives
Si Jones - Labour and Co-operative
Kevin Morland - Independent
Joseph Rynhart - Greens
County (two seats)
Geoffrey Bell - Liberal Democrats
Rosemary Edwards - Independent
John Jennings - Labour
Lisa Mansfield - Independent
Bernard Packenham - Labour
Louise Waters - Conservatives
Gerard Woodhouse - Independent
Croxteth
William Barrow - Liberal Democrats
Anthony Lavelle - Labour and Co-operative
Maurice Sherman - Independent
Croxteth Country Park
Lila Bennett - Labour and Co-operative
Katie Burgess - Conservatives
Pam Clein - Liberal Democrats
David Kelly - Greens
Michael Williams - Liverpool Community Independents
Dingle (two seats)
Anna Corkill - Greens
Margaret Crichton - Conservatives
Sarah Doyle - Labour
Kevin Hill - Greens
Steve Munby - Labour
Peter Rainford - Liberal Democrats
Edge Hill
Naz Hasan - Labour
Suzanne Hunt - Greens
Graham Moore - Conservatives
Shiv Pande - Liberal Democrats
Everton East
Ellie Byrne - Labour
Olivia Gill - Independent
Helen Seymour - Greens
Everton North
Portia Fahey - Labour
John Marsden - Independent
Kirsty Styles - Greens
Everton West
Jane Corbett - Labour
Kevin Robinson-Hale - Greens
Miles Waters - Conservatives
Fazakerley East Ward
Alfie Hincks - Liverpool Community Independents
Frazer Lake - Labour
Fazakerley North
Barry Maguire - Independent
Thomas McAllister - Liberal Democrats
Amber-Page Moss - Greens
Helen Stephens - Labour and Co-operative
Fazakerley West
Paul Brant - Labour and Co-operative
Jeremy Lowe - Conservatives
John Powerll - Liberal Democrats
Festival Gardens
Steve Brauner - Liberal Democrats
Maria Coughlan - Greens
Peter Norris - Labour
Brian Stewart - Conservatives
Garston (two seats)
Sharon Connor - Labour
Sam Gorst - Liverpool Community Independents - Garston
Mike McAllister-Bell - Liberal Democrats
Richard McLean - Labour
Peter Millea - Liberal Democrats
Helene Santamera - Greens
Lucy Williams - Liverpool Community Independents - Garston
Gateacre
Kris Brown - Liberal Democrats
Maureen McDaid - Labour
Giselle McDonald - Conservatives
Eleanor Pontin - Greens
Grassendale and Cressington
Richard Clein - Liberal Democrats
Ceri Jones - Greens
Derek Nuttall - Conservatives
Eileen Walsh - Labour
Greenbank Park
Peter Andrew - Conservatives
Tom Clements - Labour
Martyn Madeley - Greens
Seb Regnier-Wilson - Liberal Democrats
Kensington and Fairfield (three seats)
Radoslaw Chmiel - Greens
Stephen Faragher - Liverpool Community Independents
James Fisher - Liberal Democrats
Gabriel Cassandra - Liberal Democrats
Joe Owens - Independent
Liz Parsons - Labour
Beryl Pinnington - Conservatives
Liam Robinson - Labour
Wendy Simon - Labour
Kirkdale East
Roger Bannister - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Ryan Kenny - Independent
Tricia O'Brien - Labour
Julia Shaw - Liberal Democrats
Kirkdale West
Joe Hanson - Labour
Toby Irving - Greens
Leanne O'Shea - Independent
Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park
Norman Darbyshire - Liberal Democrats
Harry Doyle - Labour and Co-operative
Alma McGing - Conservatives
Clare O'Meara - Greens
Mossley Hill
Graeme Cooper - Labour
Martin Dobson - Greens
Rob McAllister-Bell - Liberal Democrats
Simon Murray - Conservatives
Much Woolton and Hunts Cross (two seats)
Dave Aizlewood - Liberal Democrats
Mirna Juarez - Liberal Democrats
Denise Nuttall - Conservatives
Elizabeth Smith - Labour
Carol Sung - Labour
Maggi Williams - Greens
Norris Green (three seats)
Helen Dietz - Liberal Democrats
Natasha Ellison - Independent
Gerard Heffey - Labour
Lena McCormick - Labour
Hilary McDonagh - Greens
Kevin Pilnick - Labour
Ann Walsh - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Old Swan East
Charlotte Corke - Greens
Alex Cottrell - Liberal Democrats
Mick Coyne - Liberal Party - Steve Radford's Candidate
Chris Hall - Conservatives
Mark Johnson - Labour
Martin Ralph - End Austerity - Old Swan Against Cuts
Old Swan West
Joyce Alexandra - Greens
Tony Chalkey - Libera Democrats
Craig Pearson - Liverpool Community Independents - Old Swan
David Pinnington - Independent
William Shortall - Labour
Orrell Park
Mark Butchard - Conservatives
Alan Gibbons - Liverpool Community Independents - Orrell Park
Mumin Khan - Labour
Collette McAllister - Liberal Democrats
Penny Lane
Ted Grant - Greens
Tony Haimes - Labour
Richard Kemp - Liberal Democrats
Susie Stalsberg - Independent
John Walker - Conservatives
Princes Park
Douglas Gaskarth -Conservatives
Lucille Harvey - Labour
Fiona McBride - Liberal Democrats
Muryam Sheikh - Greens
Sandfield Park
Liam Buckley - Liberal Party - Steve Radford's Candidate
Kay Inckle - Greens
Joanne Kennedy - Labour
Pauline Shuttleworth - Conservatives
James Thornhill - Liberal Democrats
Sefton Park
Jim Davies - Labour
Pauline Dougherty - Conservatives
John Howard - Greens
Jane Westcott - Liberal Democrats
Smithdown (two seats)
Dave Cummings - Independent
Harry Gallimore-King
Angela Hulme - Liberal Democrats
Jon Morris - Labour
James Roberts - Labour
Thomas Watts - Greens
Speke (two seats)
Fiona Coyne - Greens
Doreen Knight - Labour
Anthony Marlow - Independent
Elizabeth McAllister - Liberal Democrats
Gerard McKean - Liberal Democrat
Mary Rasmussen - Labour
Samantha Robinson - Independent
Paul Theobald - Liverpool Community Independents
Springwood
Kimberley Berry - Labour
Andrew Burgess - Conservatives
Steve Fitzsimmons - Liberal Democrats
Linda Jones - Greens
Alex Smith - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
St Michaels
Christopher Collins - Liberal Democrats
Tom Crone - Greens
Robert Scott - Conservatives
Helen Thompson - Labour and Co-operative
Stoneycroft
Catherine Byrne - Liberal Democrats
Steve Radford - Liberal Party Candidate and Local Resident
Jon Wilkinson - Conservatives
John Winder - Labour
Toxteth
Rahima Farah - Labour
Mark Jackson - Greens
Tuebrook Breckside Park
Max Barlow - Labour
Jennifer Brown - Greens
Jenny Collins - Liberal Democrats
Joe Dunne - Liberal Party - Steve Radford's Candidate
Tuebrook Larkhill
Dave Barlow - Labour
Brian Jones - Conservative
Billy Lake - Liberal Party - Steve Radford's Candidate
Frank Roderick - Liberal Democrats
Vauxhall (two seats)
Assen Christov - Labour
Lisa Gaughan - Labour
Charles Rogan - Independent
Gordon Whitehall - Independent
Walton (two seats)
Karen Afford - Liberal Democrats
Sam East - Labour
John Hanlon - Independent
Jack Hughes - Greens
Graham Hulme - Liberal Democrats
Beverley Kenyon - Labour
John Leather - Independent
Waterfront North
Dave Hanratty - Labour and Co-operative
Willhem David Hernandez De Miranda - Greens
William McGarry - Independent
Margaret Ryan - Independent
Howard Winik - Liberal Democrats
Waterfront South
Christopher Coughlan - Greens
Patrick Hurley - Labour and Co-operative
Rebecca Turner - Liberal Democrats
Wavertree Garden Suburb
Carl Cross - Conservatives
Julie Fadden - Labour
Stephen McNally - Independent
David Morgan - Greens
Alan Tormey - Liberal Party Candidate for Re-election
Rob Verity - Liberal Democrats
Wavertree Village
Peter Cranie - Greens
Joshua Falconer - Labour
Paul Filby - Independent
Adam Heatherington - Reform UK
Laura Jeffery - Conservatives
Laurence Sidorczuk - Liberal Democrats
West Derby Deysbrook
Brian Bishop - Greens
Daniel Clein - Liberal Democrats
Danny Dougherty - Conservatives
John Prince - Labour
Stephen Riley - Independent
West Derby Leyfield
Danny Crichton - Conservatives
Patricia Goodwin - Greens
Norman Mills - Liberal Democrats
Finley Nolan - Labour
West Derby Muirhead
Harvey Brown - Greens
Gillian Ferrigno - Conservatives
Colette Goulding - Labour
David Maher - Liberal Party - Steve Radford's Candidate
Ian Phillips - Liberal Democrats
Woolton Village
Audrey Gaffney - Labour
Malcolm Kelly - Liberal Democrats
David Murray - Conservatives
Philip Williamson - Greens
Yew Tree (two seats)
Daniel Barrington - Labour
Eddie Clein - Liberal Democrats
Catherine Doyle - Independent
Barbara Murray - Labour
David Patmore - Conservatives
Pat Rimmer - Independent
William Ward - Greens
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