THE full list of the candidates vying for Bolton's three parliamentary seats in May's general election has been officially released.

Various candidates will be competing for the seats of Bolton South East, Bolton North East and Bolton West in the crucial May 7 vote.

Labour's Yasmin Qureshi, David Crausby and Julie Hilling, who have held the respective seats since 2010 are all bidding to regain power.

The Labour Party, The Conservatives, The Liberal Democrats and UKIP are entering candidates for all three constituencies.

The Green party are only entering candidates for two constituencies and will not be standing a candidate in Bolton West.

Voters in the key marginal seat of Bolton West, which was won by Labour's Julie Hilling last time round with a majority of 92 votes, have six options to chose from, with an independent candidate joined by a contender from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.

The full list of candidates is as follows:

Bolton West

  • Chris Green (Con)
  • Julie Hilling (Lab)
  • Bob Horsefield (UKIP)
  • Andrew Martin (Lib Dem)
  • Andy Smith (Independent)
  • John Vickers (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Bolton South East

  • Jeff Armstrong (UKIP)
  • Mudasir Dean (Con)
  • Alan Johnson (Green)
  • Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
  • Darren Reynolds (Lib Dem)

Bolton North East 

  • David Crausby (Lab)
  • James Daly (Con)
  • Laura Diggle (Green)
  • Harry Lamb (UKIP)
  • Stephen Rock (Lib Dem)

The general election will take place on Thursday, May 7.