A TOTAL of 65 candidates will go to the polls in the borough council elections at Warrington on May 1.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats will be fielding a candidate in every ward to be contested.
The Conservatives will not fight Orford, where Labour deputy leader Mike Hannon will be defending his seat but an Independent will be contesting the seat.
At Fairfield and Howley, a Labour seat is being defended by a candidate for the Labour and Co-operative parties.
Labour will be defending 10 seats, the Liberal Democrats seven and the Conservatives two.
Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary candidate for Warrington South Jo Crotty (pictured, right)will be fighting the Bewsey and Whitecross ward, where her party gained a seat last year.
Labour leader Terry O’Neill (pictured, left)will be defending his seat at Burtonwood and at Stockton Heath, Liberal Democrat Sue Dodd will defend her seat against Stephen Taylor, a founder of the Stockton Heath Alternative Residents’ Council (SHARCs) who has joined the Conservatives.
The Green Party is fielding six candidates and the British National Party two.
Full line up for the election is:
Appleton
Brian Axcell (Lib-Dem); Gloria Jefferson (Lab); Sue Kennedy (Cons); Shelley Walsh (Green).
Bewsey and Whitecross
Jo Crotty (Lib-Dem); Maili Flynn (Cons); Hitesh Patel (Lab); Mike Phillips (BNP).
Birchwood
Valerie Allen (Con); Leanne-Marie Dysart (Lib-Dem); Pauline Nelson (Lab); David Ward (Green).
Burtonwood and Winwick
Bob Murdock (Lib-Dem); Terry O’Neill (Lab); Stephen Pathmarajah (Con).
Culcheth and Glazebury
Keith Bland (Cons); Russell Bowdon (Lab); Marril Cummerson (Lib-Dem).
Fairfield and Howley
Kevin Bennett (Lab/Co-op); Peter Edwards (Lib-Dem); Matthew Harris (Con); Lyndsay McAteer (Green); John Wilson (BNP).
Grappenhall and Thelwall
Sonia Boggan (Cons); Helen Dutton (Lab); Elaine Welborn (Lib-Dem).
Great Sankey South
Michelle Hayes (Lab); Liz Smith (Lib-Dem); Jonathan Woodruff (Cons).
Hatton, Stretton and Walton
Maureen Banner (Lab); Paul Kennedy (Cons); Peter Walker (Lib-Dem)
Lymm
Stella Fletcher (Lab); Tim Harwood (Lib-Dem); Sheila Woodyatt (Cons).
Orford
Michael Foxall (Ind); Philip Chadwick (Lib-Dem); Mike Hannon (Lab); David Whitehouse (Green).
Penketh and Cuerdley
Kevin Ashbrook (Lib-Dem); Paul Campbell (Cons); Stephanie Davies (Green); George Warburton (Lab).
Poplars and Hulme
Joan Hall (Lib-Dem); Brian Lambert (Cons); Brian Maher (Lab).
Poulton North
Francine Leslie (Cons); Alan Simcock (Lab); Sharon Wilson (Lib Dem).
Poulton South
David Eccles (Lib Dem); Colin Froggatt (Lab); John Leslie (Cons).
Rixton and Woolston
Edgar Davies (Lib-Dem); Tony McCarthy (Lab); Roger Rankin (Cons).
Stockton Heath
Shelley Bennett (Lab); Sue Dodd (Lib-Dem); Stephen Taylor (Cons); Kenneth Wilson (Green).
Westbrook
David Earl (Lib-Dem); Paul Gosney (Lab); Lilian Houghton (Cons).
Whittle Hall
Kevin Reynolds (Lib-Dem); Carl Roberts (Cons); Tony Williams (Lab).
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Gary Skentelbery
Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Trustee Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
