Who will you vote for in this year’s May Local Elections?
The chance to vote for candidates to become councillors on Sefton Council was postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
But with falling Coronavirus numbers and increasing numbers of vaccinations, this year’s Local Elections will now take place, on Thursday, 6 May.
People in Southport, Formby, Bootle and across the borough of Sefton will have their chance to vote for candidates in 22 of the 66 wards in Sefton, with two being contested in Blundellsands following Cllr Sam Marshall’s resignation this year.
There will also be two seats to be voted for in Derby ward following the tragic death of Cllr Mike O’Brien last September.
People will have the option to vote either in person, by postal vote, or by proxy.
Sefton Council’s Elections Team is urging all residents over the age of 76 to take up the option of submitting a postal vote.
Dwayne Johnson, Chief Executive of Sefton Council, said: “Absent voting is a key element of every election and it is not uncommon for thousands of postal and proxy votes to be submitted.
“However this year’s elections demonstrate an even greater need for residents to be able to cast their votes safely, securely and remotely.
“Your vote matters.”
Social distancing and a Covid secure system will be in place at all polling stations to ensure both staff and voters are kept safe, though this may mean it takes slightly longer than usual to submit your vote.
Here is the full list of candidates:
Ainsdale
Michael Shaw – Conservatives
Laurence Rankin – Green
Sean Flynn – Labour
Lynne Thompson – Lib Dems
Birkdale
Lee Durkin – Conservatives
Bernhard Frank – Green
Sonya Kelly – Labour
Vic Foulds – Lib Dems
Blundellsands
Martyn Barber – Conservatives
Simon Jamieson – Conservatives
John Volynchook – Green
Diane Roscoe – Labour
Natasha Carlin – Labour
Keith Cawdron – Lib Dems
Brian Dunning – Lib Dems
Angela Preston – Liberal Party
Cambridge
Sinclair D’Albuquerque – Conservatives
Carla Fox – Green
Laura Lunn-Bates – Labour
Pat Keith – Lib Dems
Church
Sean Dorgan – Conservatives
Mike Carter – Green
Paul Cummins – Labour
Zanna Ashton – Lib Dems
Derby
Anne Clegg – Conservatives
Daniel Nuttall – Conservatives
Alwynne Cartmell – Green
Mike Brennan – Independent
Brenda O’Brien – Labour
Anne Thompson – Labour
Mike Duffy – No affiliated party
Dukes
Mike Prendergast – Conservatives
Robert Doyle – Green
Tony Dawson – Independent
Thomas Spring – Labour
David Newman – Lib Dems
Ford
Veronica Dorgan – Conservatives
Kieran Dams – Green
Paulette Lappin – Labour
Rowenna Gibson – Lib Dems
Chris Haws – Workers Party
John McDonald – No affiliated party
Harington
Joe Riley – Conservatives
Joanne Allman – Freedom Alliance
Aimee Brodie – Formby Residents’ Action Group
Mike Walsh – Green
Carol Richards – Labour
Annie Gorski – Lib Dems
Kew
Laura Nuttall – Conservatives
Fred Weavers – Green
Jennifer Corcoran – Labour
Jo Barton – Lib Dems
Linacre
Lynne Bold – Conservatives
Christine Maher – Labour
Litherland
Jessamine Miles Hounslea – Conservatives
Jay Robinson – Green
Mo Walker-Miller – Independent
Trish Hardy – Labour
Billie Jo Gibson – No affiliated party
Manor
Jan Blanchard – Conservatives
Andy Donegan – Green
John Joseph Kelly – Labour
John Gibson – Lib Dems
Meols
Thomas de Freitas – Conservatives
Dave Collins – Green
Stephen Jowett – Labour
John Dodd – Lib Dems
Molyneux
Paul Barber – Conservatives
Marion Wykes – Green
Paula Murphy – Labour
Duncan Sayer – Lib Dems
Netherton & Orrell
Andrew Burgess – Conservatives
Lisa Ford – Independent
Robert Brennan – Labour
Norwood
Pam Teesdale – Conservatives
Dave McIntosh – Green
Carran Waterfield – Labour
Alistair West – Lib Dems
Park
Ken Hughes – Conservatives
Roy Greason – Green
Andrew Wilson – Labour
Ravenmeols
Paul Bowen – Conservatives
Bob McCann – Formby Residents’ Action Group
Alison Gibbon – Green
Catie Page – Labour
Lesley Delves – Lib Dems
St Oswald
Maureen Burgess – Conservatives
Linda Cluskey – Labour
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