HERE'S who will be on the ballot sheet in the Bolton Council local elections on Thursday, May 3.

The local elections are for one third of Bolton Council's seats.

Residents must be registered to vote before April 17 to be able to vote in these elections, this can be done at gov.uk/register-to-vote online and takes about five minutes.

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The full list of candidates is below:

ASTLEY BRIDGE

Warren Fox (Liberal Democrats)

Zulfi Jiva (Labour)

John Walsh (Conservative)

BRADSHAW

Mudasir Dean (Conservative)

Laura Diggle (Green)

Stephen Howarth (Liberal Democrats)

Eric Hyland (Independent)

Tony Shepherd (Labour)

BREIGHTMET

Richard Bates (Liberal Democrats)

Dan Bolton (Green)

Harry Lamb (UKIP)

Francesca Platt (Labour)

Adele Warren (Conservative)

BROMLEY CROSS

Elliott Bermudez-Galton (Liberal Democrats)

David Greenhalgh (Conservative)

Nadim Muslim (Conservative)

Liz Spencer (Green)

Steve Sutton (Labour)

David Walsh (Liberal Democrats)

Deb Whenlock(Labour)

CROMPTON

Bilkis Ismail (Labour)

Michael Langdon (Liberal Democrats)

Siraj Patel (Independent)

Daniel Wheatley (Conservative)

FARNWORTH

Tyas Cooper (Liberal Democrats)

Maureen Flitcroft (Farnworth & Kearsley First)

Dave Harvey (UKIP)

Jennifer Kirk (Conservative)

Martin McMulkin (Labour)

GREAT LEVER

Mohammed Ayub (Labour)

David Figgins (Green)

Francine Godfrey (Liberal Democrats)

Mohammed Waqas (Conservative)

HALLIWELL

Jolyon Coombs (Conservative)

John Falch (Liberal Democrats)

Anthony Massey (Independent)

Ian McHugh (Green)

Martin McLoughlin (Independent)

Sarfraz Nawaz (Independent)

Akhtar Zaman (Labour)

HARPER GREEN

Matthew Barnes (Green)

Hamid Khurram (Labour)

Robert Tyler (Conservative)

Kevin Walsh (Liberal Democrats)

Lisa Weatherby (Farnworth & Kearsley First)

Amy Wunderley (UKIP)

HEATON & LOSTOCK

Anne Galloway (Conservative & Unionist)

John Gillatt (Labour)

Garry Veevers (Liberal Democrats)

HORWICH & BLACKROD

Susan Baines (Conservative & Unionist)

Keith Cocker (Green)

Rebecca Forrest (Liberal Democrats)

Michael Jarvis (Labour)

HORWICH NORTH EAST

Joan Johnson (Conservative & Unionist)

Kevin McKeon (Labour)

Rod Riesco (Green)

Stephen Rock (Liberal Democrats)

HULTON

Beverley Fletcher (UKIP)

Rabiya Jiva (Labour)

Kevin Mulligan (Liberal Democrats)

Diane Parkinson (Conservative)

Chris Taylor (Green)

KEARSLEY

Kamaran Fathulla (Conservative)

Connor Goodwin (Liberal Democrats)

Stephen Langley (Labour)

Julie Pattison (Farnworth & Kearsley First)

Will Pilkington (UKIP)

LITTLE LEVER & DARCY LEVER

David Evans (Labour)

Christine MacPherson (Liberal Democrats)

David Meehan (Conservative)

Paul Richardson (UKIP)

RUMWORTH

Hafiz Butt (Conservative)

Ismail Ibrahim (Labour)

Alan Johnson (Green)

Duncan MacPherson (Liberal Democrats)

Damien Walsh (Independent)

SMITHILLS

Doug Bagnall (Liberal Democrats)

Elizabeth McManus (Green)

Ryan Quick (Labour)

Sam Rimmer (Conservative & Unionist)

TONGE WITH THE HAULGH

Rosalind Harasiwka (Liberal Democrats)

Matthew Littler (Conservative)

Nick Peel (Labour)

James Tomkinson (Green)

Derek Wunderley (UKIP)

WESTHOUGHTON NORTH & CHEW MOOR

Ged Carter (Labour)

Martyn Cox (Conservative & Unionist)

Bernadette Fallon-Eckersley (Liberal Democrats)

Heather Rylance (Green)

Jack Speight (Independent)

WESTHOUGHTON SOUTH

Ryan Battersby (Labour)

Martin Tighe (Conservative & Unionist)

David Wilkinson (Liberal Democrats)