VOTERS in and around Middlewich will be heading to the polls in less than a month as the candidates for the borough council have been announced.

The public will be asked to choose who they want to represent them on Cheshire East Council on Thursday, May 4.

Across the borough, 254 candidates are vying for 82 seats, including three in Middlewich and two in Dane Valley.

The council is currently run by a joint Labour and Independent administration after the Conservatives, who had been in control since the council was formed in 2009, lost their majority in 2019.

There are nine candidates standing to represent Middlewich and six for Dane Valley.

Middlewich

John Bird (Independent)

Robert Brittain (Conservative)

Carol Bulman (Labour)

Paul Edwards (Conservative)

David Harrop (Conservative)

Michael Hunter (Labour)

Cerys Jones (Green Party)

Garnet Marshall (Independent)

Jonathan Parry (Labour)

Dane Valley

Russell Chadwick (Conservative)

Robert Green (Green Party)

Craig Hynes (Labour)

Andrew Kolker (Conservative)

Diane Tams (Liberal Democrats)

Martin Wood (Green Party)

The local elections take place on Thursday, May 4, and this year you will need photo ID when you go to vote.

For more information about voter ID and to see a full list of all the candidates standing in this year's Cheshire East Council elections, visit the council's website and click on the Election 4 May 2023 tab on the home page.