Electoral candidates for all 34 Stoke-on-Trent wards have been confirmed.

Residents will vote for their selected candidate on 4 May.

Abbey Hulton Ward

1. Mel Baddeley - Independent
2. Luke Stephen Shenton - Reform UK
3. Steve Watkins - Labour
4. Amanda Helena Webber - City Independents

Baddeley, Milton and Norton Ward

1. Carl Edwards - Conservative
2. Gary Elsby - Independent
3. Dave Evans - Conservative
4. Daniel James Mazhar - Labour
5. Jenny Taylor - Conservative
6. Duncan Walker - Labour
7. Fiona Jayne Wood - Labour

Basford and Hartshill Ward

1. Waheed Karim - Conservative
2. Shaun Patrick Pender - Labour

Bentilee, Ubberley and Townsend Ward

1. Sarah Jane Colclough - Labour
2. Sharon Ann Edwards - City Independents
3. Dale George Morrey - City Independents
4. James Arthur Richardson - Conservative
5. Christine Warren - Conservative
6. Lynn Susan Watkins - Labour

You won't be able to vote unless you show ID in May's local elections (Dom J on Pexels).

Birches Head and Northwood Ward

1. Steve Blakemore - Labour
2. Jean Ann Bowers - City Independents
3. Harold David Gregory - Conservative
4. Morrighan Bridie Jordan - Green
5. Adrian Mark Knapper - Labour
6. Ralf O'Neill - City Independents
7. Wil Weaver - Conservative

Blurton Ward

1. Kath Banks - Labour
2. Lorraine Beardmore - Conservative
3. Brian Ward - Independent
4. Susan Elizabeth Whalley - City Independents

Boothen Ward

1. Adam William Colclough - Green
2. Fesar Hussain - Conservative
3. Andy Platt - Labour
4. Mark Anthony Warrington - Independent

Bradeley and Chell Heath Ward

1. Gurmeet Singh Kallar - Labour
2. Dany Suleman - Conservative
3. Steven Peter Taylor - Independent

Bucknall and Eaton Park Ward

1. Andrew Colin Bates - City Independents
2. Heather Melissa Blurton - Conservative
3. Sam Hackney - Labour

Previously you just needed to mention your name and address at the polling station.

Burslem Park Ward

1. Lesley Marion Adams - Conservative
2. Glen Austin Watson - Labour and Co-operative

Burslem Ward

1. Jane Ashworth - Labour and Co-operative
2. Waqas Shahzad - Conservative

Dresden and Florence Ward

1. Lilian Jean Dodd - City Independents
2. Nigel Spencer Ross - Labour
3. Siona Louise Williams - Conservative

Etruria and Hanley Ward

1. Khalil Ahmed - Conservative
2. Majid Khan - Labour
3. Qamar Sohail - Independent

Fenton East Ward

1. Mubsira Aumir - Labour
2. Grant Christian Barnes - Conservative
3. Alan James Gerrard - Independent

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant Ward

1. Khawar Ali - Conservative
2. Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard - Independent
3. Jordan Roden - Communist Party of Britain
4. Lyn Mary Sharpe - Labour

Ford Green and Smallthorne Ward

1. Candi Chetwynd - Conservative
2. Diane Elizabeth Williams - Labour and Co-operative

Goldenhill and Sandyford Ward

1. Jeffrey Birks - Labour
2. Alan Edward Dutton - Independent
3. Chandra Mohan Kanneganti - Conservative

Great Chell and Packmoor Ward

1. Sue Akkhurt - Labour
2. Jan Bridges - Conservative
3. Ann Elizabeth James - City Independents
4. David Mountford - Labour
5. David Owens - City Independents
6. James Robert Smith - Conservative

Hanford, Newstead and Trentham Ward

1. Maxine Clark - Conservative
2. John Hume Cunnison - Labour
3. Lauren Elizabeth Davison - Labour
4. Debbie Patricia Georgakakou - Green
5. Andrew George Gilbride - City Independents
6. Daniel Mark Jellyman - Conservative
7. Rachel Louise Kelsall - Conservative
8. Clare Frances Stanier - Labour

Hanley Park, Joiner's Square and Shelton Ward

1. Murtaza Alam - Conservative
2. Alirom Raza - Independent
3. Raja Ravi Varma Sangaraju - Conservative
4. Alastair Scott Watson - Labour
5. Amjid Wazir - Labour

Hartshill Park and Stoke Ward

1. David Edward Barker - Independent
2. Nathan Andrew Purchase - Conservative
3. Daniela Maria Santoro - Labour

Hollybush Ward

1. Shaun Lee Bennett - Conservative
2. Finlay Jay Gordon-McCusker - Labour and Co-operative
3. Michelle Francis Whalley - City Independents

(Chris Loades/Association of Electoral Administrators).

Lightwood North and Normacot Ward

1. Omar Ali - Labour
2. Sadaqat Maqsoom - Conservative

Little Chell and Stanfield Ward

1. Imran Khurshid - Conservative
2. Anthony Screen - Independent
3. David Williams - Labour

Longton and Meir Hay South Ward

1. Asman Ali - Conservative
2. Chris Robinson - Labour

Meir Hay North, Parkhall and Weston Coyney Ward

1. Craig David Beardmore - Conservative
2. Ross Andrew Irving - Conservative
3. Zain Albadeen Mohammed - Labour
4. Samantha Yates - Labour

Meir North Ward

1. Desiree Gail Elliott - Labour and Co-operative
2. Sam Hussain - Conservative
3. Michelle Suzanne Swift - City Independents

Meir Park Ward

1. Taimour Arfan - Labour
2. Abi Brown - Conservative
3. Jenny Louise Harper - Green

Meir South Ward

1. Bagh Ali - Labour
2. Faisal Hussain - Conservative

Moorcroft and Sneyd Green Ward

1. Laura Anne Carter - Labour
2. Kerry Ellis - City Independents
3. Tariq Mahmood - Conservative
4. Marilyn Anne Marathe - Conservative
5. Javid Iqbal Najmi - Labour
6. Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett - City Independents

Penkhull and Springfields Ward

1. Sarah Ann Hill - Labour
2. Tom Holland - Green
3. Dean Trevor Richardson - Conservative

Sandford Hill Ward

1. Joan Bell - Labour
2. Lee Stanley Philpott - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
3. Ally Simcock - Conservative

Trent Vale and Oakhill Ward

1. Waseem Akbar - Labour and Co-operative
2. Bridge Allport - Independent
3. Jackie Barnes - Independent

Tunstall Ward

1. Tabrase Din - Conservative
2. Joy Garner - Labour and Co-operative
3. Lee Wanger - Independent

With residents going to the polls on 4 May, voters are being reminded to ensure that they hold appropriate voter ID. Find out more here.

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