The full list of candidates standing in Gateshead at next month’s local elections has been confirmed.
Voters will soon head to the polls for this year's local elections on May 4, with council seats up for grabs in all 22 wards in Gateshead.
The newly-anointed leader of the borough's Lib Dem opposition, Ron Beadle, is seeking re-election in his seat of Low Fell. He has retained this seat since 1996 when he was first elected.
The Labour deputy mayor, Robert Waugh, is also on the campaign trail, hoping to be returned to the civic centre as one of Saltwell's councillors.
The process will be different this year as, for the first time, voters will need to provide photo identification before being allowed to cast their ballot.
The deadline to register to vote is Monday, April 17, and applications for a postal vote must be made by Tuesday, April 18.
Here is the full list of candidates for Gateshead Council:
Birtley
Joseph Ronald Callanan (Conservative Party)
Catherine Mary Davison (Labour Party)
Paul Thomas Elliott (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Blaydon
Tom Allen (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Edward Bohill (Conservative Party)
Malcolm Alfred Brain (Labour Party)
Steven Hawkins (Liberal Democrat)
Bridges
Martin Backley (Conservative Party)
Andy Blanchflower (Green Party)
Gareth Cooper (Liberal Democrat)
Bob Goldsworthy (Labour Party)
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
Jean Margaret Callender (Liberal Democrat)
Tony Dodds (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Michael McNestry (Labour Party)
Louise Beatrice Prince (Conservative Party)
Chowdene
James Peter Kenyon (Liberal Democrat)
Thomas Frederick Newell (Green Party)
David William Potts (Conservative Party)
Mark Robertson (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Keith Wood (Labour Party)
Crawcrook and Greenside
Christopher Andrew Coxon (Conservative Party)
Kathryn Alexandra Henderson (Labour Party)
Oliver Christopher Martin William Jones-Lyons (Liberal Democrat)
Jack Philipson (Green Party)
Deckham
Gary Rutherford Brooks (Green Party)
David Gilson Fawcett (Liberal Democrat)
Norman Hall (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Robert Keith Kelly (Reform)
Josh Alan Knotts (Conservative Party)
Bernadette Teresa Oliphant (Labour Party)
Dunston and Teams
Jordan-Lee Guthrie (Conservative Party)
Gary Robert Haley (Labour Party)
Alexander Forster Walls (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Dunston Hill and Whickham East
Vicky Anderson (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Isabel Mary Blanchflower (Green Party)
Jak Hocking (Conservative Party)
Andrew Dylan Moir (Labour Party)
Graham Steele (Save Us Now)
Felling
Peter Crompton Jackson (Conservative Party)
George Joseph Kasfikis (Labour Party)
Ashleigh Taylor McLean (Green Party)
Mohammed Waqas (Liberal Democrat)
High Fell
Francis Thomas Athey (Conservative Party)
Len Bell (Liberal Democrat)
Elaine Brunskill (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Kathryn Dorothea Walker (Labour Party)
Lamesley
Sheila Gallagher (Labour Party)
Neil Campbell Grant (Green Party)
Richard Herdman (Conservative Party)
Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway (Liberal Democrat)
Lobley Hill and Bensham
John Rogan Gardiner (Conservative Party)
Eileen McMaster (Labour Party)
Andy Redfern (Green Party)
Jamie Rickelton (Liberal Democrat)
Low Fell
Ron Beadle (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Mark Andrew Gorman (Green Party)
Vincent Edward James Humphries (Labour Party)
Paul Sterling (Conservative Party)
Pelaw and Heworth
Nicholas Boldrini (Green Party)
John Paul Diston (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Heather Rhoda Maddison (Labour Party)
Ali Reza Akbari Pargam (Conservative Party)
Ryton Crookhill and Stella
Ros Cooper (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Lynda Ann Duggan (Liberal Democrat)
Alex Geddes (Labour Party)
Andrew Mason (Green Party)
Doug Musgrove (Independent)
Susan Mary Wilson (Conservative Party)
Saltwell
Robert Ableson (Conservative)
Leanne Mary Brand (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Gabriel Rubinstein (Green Party)
Robert Lee Waugh (Labour Party)
Wardley and Leam Lane
John Stuart Green (Labour Party)
Matthew Robert Jordison (Liberal Democrat)
John Robert McNeil (Conservative Party)
Whickham North
Jeff Bowe (Labour Party)
John Callanan (Conservative Party)
Christopher James Ord (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Whickham South and Sunniside
Joel Jackson Byers (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Sam Daniel Grist (Labour Party)
Jonathan Charles Wallace (Liberal Democrat Focus Team)
Perry Wilson (Conservative Party)
Windy Nook and Whitehills
Ruth Christina Grant (Green Party)
Kyle Lambert Murray (Conservative Party)
Jim Turnbull (Labour Party)
Susan Walker (Liberal Democrat)
Winlaton and High Spen
Maria Theresa (Labour Party)
Paul Martin McNally (Green Party)
Lewis Ormston (Conservative Party)
David Graham Randall (Liberal Democrat)
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