Almost 150 candidates will be putting themselves forward for Manchester council seats in the upcoming local elections
Labour will be hoping to consolidate their control of the local authority by fielding a candidate in each of the city’s 34 wards on Thursday, May 6.
The Liberal Democrats will be doing the same in a bid to add to their two-strong opposition in the council chamber.
Meanwhile the Conservatives and the Green Party will also be putting forward candidates in every ward with a third of the whole council up for election.
Some seats will be contested by independents, as well as hopefuls from the Womens’ Equality Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Monster Raving Loony Party, Reform UK and the Communist Party.
In total 149 people have put their names down for consideration by the public at the ballot box in an election that was due to take place last year before being postponed by Covid-19.
Two members of the council's executive - Labour's Bev Craig and Luthfur Rahman - will be up for re-election while two seats each will be up for grabs in the Brooklands and Clayton and Openshaw wards.
Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Manchester elections:
Ancoats and Beswick
Alexander Bramham - The Conservative Party
Alan Good - Liberal Democrats
Marcia Hutchinson - Labour Party
Ryan Johns - Green Party
Ardwick
Luke Beamish - Lib Dem
Bernard Priest - Labour
Kate Walsh Benson - Green
Callum Wood - Conservative
Baguley
Seb Bate - Lib Dem
Norm Cassidy - Green
Ezra McGowan - Conservative
Tracey Rawlins - Labour and Co-operative Party
Merv The Karaoke Kid - Monster Raving Loony Party
Brooklands (two seats)
Julia Baker-Smith - Labour
Grace Buczkowska - Green
Lord Cam - Monster Raving Loony Party
Stephen Carlton-Woods - Conservative
Ralph Ellerton - Conservative
Glynn Evans - Labour
Maggie Hoffgen - Green
Mark Saunders - Lib Dem
Nick Saunders - Lib Dem
Burnage
Brian Candeland - Green
Bev Craig - Labour
Jamie Dwan - Lib Dem
Shahed Hossain - Conservative
Andrea Timoney - Independent
Charlestown
Michael Ciotkowski - Conservative
Melanie Ncube - Lib Dem
Anne Power - Green
Martin Power - Reform UK
Hannah Priest - Labour
Cheetham
Shaukat Ali - Labour
Ben Dundas - Green
Muhammad Arbab Khan - Conservative
Roddy Morrison - Lib Dem
Chorlton
Mary Crumpton - Green
Kath Fitzgibbon - Conservative
Robin Grayson - Lib Dem
Jo Heathcote - Women’s Equality Party
Eve Holt - Labour and Co-operative Party
Chorlton Park
Connor Cooper - Conservative
Amaan Hashmi - Lib Dem
Mandie Shilton Godwin - Labour and Co-operative Party
Richard Walton - Green
Clayton and Openshaw (two seats)
Keith Berry - Conservative
Daniel Kyle - Green
Donna Ludford - Labour
Diele Nsumbu - Lib Dem
Martha O’Donoghue - Lib Dem
Thomas Robinson - Labour
Robyn Schreibke - Green
Ramzi Swaray-Kella - Conservative
Crumpsall
Iftikhar Ahmed - Conservative
Nasrin Ali - Labour
Alison Hawdale - Green
Michael McKinstry - Lib Dem
Deansgate
John Bridges - Lib Dem
Samantha Days - Women’s Equality Party
James Flanagan - Conservative
Marcus Johns - Labour and Co-operative Party
Chris Ogden - Green
Didsbury East
John Cameron - Lib Dem
Linda Foley - Labour
Liberty Franey - Green
Anjenarra Huque - Conservative
Didsbury West
Wendy Andrew - Social Democratic Party
Luke Bourke Costello - Conservative
Debbie Hilal - Labour
Richard Kilpatrick - Lib Dem
Sarika Paul - Women’s Equality Party
Jake Welsh - Green
Fallowfield
Zahra Alijah - Labour
Sabreena Hossain - Conservative
Paul Jones - Lib Dem
George Morris - Green
Gorton and Abbey Hey
Ugo Nzeribe - Conservative
Jackie Pearcey - Lib Dem
Julie Reid - Labour and Co-operative
Scott Robinson - Green
Harpurhey
Gareth Brown - Conservative
Celia Craske - Lib Dem
Joanne Green - Labour
Vicky Matthews - Green
Higher Blackley
Colin Jones - COnservative
Shelley Lanchbury - Labour
Peter Matthews - Lib Dem
Stephen Moran - Independent
Antje Timmermann - Green
Hulme
Ekua Bayunu - Labour
Lottie Donovan - Green
Gary McKenna - Lib Dem
William Watermeyer - Conservative
Levenshulme
Jeremy Hoad - Independent
Zareen Hussain - Labour
Greg Sammons - Lib Dem
Alexandru Stancu - Conservative
Dick Venes - Green
Longsight
Aaron Andrew - Communist Party of Britain
Usman Arshed - Conservative
Kobe Bibbon - Lib Dem
Bernard Ekbery - Green
Luthfur Rahman - Labour
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Derek Brocklehurst - Reform UK
June Hitchen - Labour
Paul Dominick - Green
Samuel Olanrewaju - Lib Dem
Paul Wan - Conservative
Moss Side
Shaden Jaradet - Conservative
Norman Lewis - Lib Dem
Albie Mayo - Green
Emily Rowles - Labour
Moston
Popoola Alabi - Conservative
Julie Connolly - Labour
Robbie Cowbury - Lib Dem
Diana Kosandiak - Green
Hugo Wils - Independent
Northenden
Sir Oink A-Lot - Monster Raving Loony Party
Sylvia Buchan - Green
Sam Lynch - Labour
Stephen McHugh - Conservative
Ellin Saunders - Lib Dem
Old Moat
Jon Martin - Lib Dem
Gavin White - Labour
Gary Wilkinson - Conservative
Stacey Wright - Green
Piccadilly
Siqi Lin - Conservative
Jon-Connor Lyons - Labour
Chris Northwood - Lib Dem
Chris Perriam - Green
Rusholme
Fahim Choudhury - Conservative
Jill Lovecy - Labour
Melvin Sowah - Lib Dem
Natasha Turner - Green
Sharston
Bryn Coombe - Lib Dem
Astrid Johnson - Green
Emma Taylor - Labour
Tony Welsh - Conservative
Whalley Range
Muqaddasah Bano - Labour
Andrew McGuiness - Lib Dem
Beth McManus - Green
Andrew Tang - Conservative
Withington
Cameron Cosh - Conservative
Sam Easterby-Smith - Green
April Preston - Lib Dem
Chris Wills - Labour and Co-operative Party
Woodhouse Park
Anna Hablak - Lib Dem
Rob Nunney - Green
Brian O’Neil - Labour
Ken Wedderburn - Conservative
