CANDIDATES for Wigan Council elections to be held on Thursday, May 1, are:

ABRAM: Ronald John Barnes, Brandreth Place, Standish (Community Action Party), Marion Green, Orrell Road, Orrell (Conservative), Dennis Shambley, Hew Street, Platt Bridge (British National Party), Carl Sweeney, Glossop Way, Hindley (Labour).

ASHTON/GOLBORNE: Patricia Lynne Holland, Snowden Ave, Worsley Mesnes (L), Maria Markham, Dunsdale Drive, Ashton (Socialist Alliance), Kevin Vincent Williams (CAP), Marie Winstanley, Bolton Road, Ashton (C).

ATHERTON: Ann Davies, Hope Street, Leigh (C), Reg Holmes, Hatton Avenue, Atherton (L), John Keith Stackhouse, Crawford Avenue, Tyldesley (Liberal Democrat).

BEDFORD/ASTLEY: Barbara Hennessy, Georges Lane, Ince (SA), Glynnis Rhian Hogg, Petrel Close, Tyldesley (L D), John Lea, Rutland Street, Leigh (L), David Thomas Morris, Warrington Road, Leigh (C).

HINDLEY: Tarek Abou Zeid Khalifi, Moreton Drive, Lowton (L D), Mark Tebbutt, Spring Street, Ince (S A), Jack Topping, Longton Street, Hindley (L), Andre Jean Paul Walker, Longfield, Lowton (C).

HINDLEY GREEN: Claire Doherty, Fairclough Street, Hindley (S A), Solveiq Marianne Catriona Gaber, Moreton Drive, Leigh (L D), Rosina Oxley, Inglesham Close, Leigh (C), Peter Turner, Taunton Avenue, Leigh (L).

HINDSFORD: Dorothy Joan Angell, Parkfield Close, Leigh (C), Robert Mark Bleakley, Dorning Street, Tyldesley (L D), Philip Loudon, Bag Lane, Atherton (L).

HOPE CARR: Keith William Fry, Pocket Nook Lane, Lowton (SA), John David O'Brien, Moreton Drive, Leigh (L), Andrew John Oxley, Inglesham Close, Leigh (C), Janice Susan Solinas, Arlington Drive, Leigh (CAP).

LEIGH CENTRAL: Daniel Burrows, Newton Road, Lowton (CAP), Barbara Jarvis, Johnson Close, Leigh (L), Alan James Lowe, Firs Lane, Leigh (C), Robert Stephenson, Bolton Road, Ashton (SA).

LEIGH EAST: Keith Cunliffe, Elmridge, Leigh (L), Derek Davies, Hope Street, Leigh (C), James Edward Forkgen, Shipham Close, Leigh (CAP), William Markham, Dunsdale Drive, Ashton (SA).

LIGHTSHAW: James Nelson Grundy, Slag Lane, Lowton (C), Alan Melling, Dryden Avenue, Bryn (L), Peter Antonio Solinas, School Terrace, Golborne (CAP), Maria Theresa Winnard, Saltran Road, Highfield (SA).