Residents all set to go to the polls

WEST Lancashire residents will go to the polls on May 5 as more than one third of the council seats are contested.

A total of 20 councillors will be elected on a night in which the leadership of the overall council will also be decided.

Last year, Labour lost overall control and the results of this vote will again have a significant impact on the running of the local authority.

A new leader will be elected no matter what the overall administration is, with current leader Councillor Ian Moran not standing for re-election.

Below is a list of every West Lancashire candidate looking to be elected in May across those 19 wards (two councillors will be elected in Burscough East).

Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm to vote in person. You can also vote by post or nominate someone to vote on your behalf.

ASHURST

Peter John Chandler - Liberal Democrats

Yvonne Hagen - Labour Party

George Rear - Conservative Party

AUGHTON & Downholland

Paul Hennessy - Labour Party Dermot Patrick O’Hara - Liberal Democrat

David Michael O’Toole - Conservative Party

AUGHTON Park

Rob Molloy - Labour and Cooperative Party

Doreen Joan Stephenson Conservative Party

BURSCOUGH East

Julie Baxter - Conservative Party

Patricia Clare Party

Jason Grice

Party

Damian John Owen - Labour Neil Clifford Pollington - Liberal Democrats

BURSCOUGH West

Alexander William Dow - Our West Lancashire

Andy Fowler - Labour Party George Ernest Pratt - Conservative Party

DERBY

Callum Francis Clark - Liberal Democrat

Ian Davis - Our West Lancashire

Nikki Hennessy - Labour and

Burnside

Labour - Conservative

Co-operative Party

Gillian Marguerite Taylor Conservative Party HESKETH-WITH-BECCONSALL Ian Eccles - Conservative Party Melissa Sarah Parlour - Labour Party

KNOWSLEY

Gareth Dowling - Labour and Co-operative Party

Janet Ingman - Our West Lancashire

Julie Ann Peel - Conservative Party

MOORSIDE

Susan Carole Brake - Conservative Party

John Fillis - Labour Party NEWBURGH

Eddie Pope

Party

John Tribe - Labour Party NORTH Meols

Linda Margaret Gresty - Conservative Party

Tony Lockie - Labour Party Karen Jayne Taylor - Liberal Democrat

PARBOLD

Margaret R Blake - Labour Party

David Whittington - Conservative Party

SCARISBRICK

Mark Robert - Conservative

Anderson

Labour

Party

George Francis Oliver - Labour and Co-operative Party

SCOTT

Mark

Ruth Melling - Conservative Party

Neil Pye - Our West Lancashire SKELMERSDALE South

Joy Balan - Our West Lancashire

Vickie Cummins - Labour and Co-operative Party

Jayne Louise Rear - Conservative Party

TANHOUSE

Paul Hogan - Labour Party Susan Ingrid Janvier - Conservative Party

TARLETON

Chris Houlihan

Party

John Mee - Conservative Party Tina Maria Stringfellow - Liberal Democrat

UP Holland

Alexander James Holcroft Conservative Party

Suresh Patel - Labour Party WRIGHTINGTON

Robert Murrin Bailey - Conservative Party

Catherine West-McGrath Party

Robert

Anderson -

Labour

Labour

Labour