Stafford Borough Council elections 2019: Find who's standing in your area

All 40 seats will go before voters in Stafford at this year's local elections, with Labour hoping to improve on its six seats to make inroads into the Conservatives dominance of the authority.

This year’s election marks 45 years since local government reform, and the Tories have been in charge for all but 10 years.

It will also be Labour’s first elections under new group leader Aidan Godfrey, who took over from Jack Kemp last year.

Stafford Borough Council currently has 30 Conservative members, six Labour members and four independents.

Conservative candidates have been fielded for all but one of the borough’s 23 wards.

Contesting

Labour are contesting 21 out of 23 wards, with no candidates standing in Swynnerton and Oulton or neighbouring Barlaston.

Ukip put forward candidates in 11 wards, while five wards are being contested by Green Party candidates. There is one Liberal Democrat standing for election and six wards include independent candidates

A number of long-serving councillors are not standing this time around.

They include Joyce Farnham, Brian Price, Margaret Goodall, Frank Finlay and Ken Williamson.

Council leader Patrick Farrington is moving from Baswich to Gnosall and Woodseaves, while the two Swynnerton and Oulton seats will go uncontested to Conservatives Roy James and James Nixon.

Voting takes place on May 2.

Who is standing in each ward:

Barlaston (one seat)

Gareth Jones (Conservatives)

Karen Jones (UKIP)

Baswich (two seats)

Rich Duffy (Labour Party)

Ann Edgeller (Conservatives)

Marnie Phillips (Conservative Party)

Ellis Stones (UKIP)

Sophie Wain (Labour)

Common (one seat)

Victor Edwards (UKIP)

Aidan Godfrey (Labour and Co-operative Party)

Joy Jones (Conservatives)

Andy Murray (Green)

Coton (two seats)

James Cantrill (Conservatives)

Lindsey Douglas (Conservatives)

Jack Kemp (Labour)

Louise Nixon (Labour)

Doxey and Castletown (one seat)

Isabella Davies (Conservatives)

Tony Pearce, Green Party (Save our Green Space)

Eleanor Tristram (Labour)

Eccleshall (two seats)

Peter Jones (Conservatives)

Bill Lockward (Labour)

Tony Pace (UKIP)

Jeremy Pert (Conservatives)

Forebridge (one seat)

Chris Baron (Independent)

Stuart Nixon (Labour)

Robert Stephens (UKIP)

Fulford (two seats)

Michael Dodson (Conservatives)

Peter Roycroft (Conservatives)

Alec Sandiford, Liberal Democrat

Julie Whittaker (Labour)

Gnosall and Woodseaves (two seats)

Patrick Farrington (Conservatives)

Gail Gregory (Labour)

Susan Harris (UKIP)

Mike Smith (Conservatives)

Haywood and Hixon (two seats)

Alexander Brown (Conservatives)

Mick Kelly (Labour)

Brendan McKeown (Independent)

Suzanne O’Farrell (Labour)

Alan Perkins (Conservatives)

Highfields and Western Downs (two seats)

Rebecca Davis (Conservatives)

Dee Holbrook-Summers (Labour)

Michael Holmes (Labour)

Victoria Jenkinson (Conservatives)

Holmcroft (two seats)

Emma Carter (Green)

Bryan Cross (Conservatives)

Sam Falconer (UKIP)

John Jeffery (UKIP)

Yvonne Jordan (Labour)

Jonathan Price (Conservatives)

Julian Thorley (Labour)

Littleworth (two seats)

Stewart Bishop (Conservatives)

Rowan Draper (Independent)

Marcus Hoffman Rene De Visme (UKIP)

Mary Jennings (Conservatives)

Tony Nixon (Labour and Co-operative Party)

Gillian Pardesi (Labour and Co-operative Party)

Michael Spight (Green)

Paul Williams (UKIP)

Manor (two seats)

Peter Bradshaw, UKIP (Nomination declared invalid by Returning Officer)

Mike Heenan (Conservatives)

Anne Hobbs (Labour)

Emily Lewis (Conservatives)

Angela Loughran (Labour)

William Stanfield (UKIP) (Nomination declared invalid by Returning Officer)

Milford (one seat)

Andy Cooper (Conservatives)

Ann Elphick (Green)

Paul Martlew (Labour)

Milwich (two seats)

Frances Beatty (Conservatives)

Jim Davies (Independent)

Andrew Harp (Conservatives)

Jim Livesey (Labour)

Edward Whitfield (UKIP)

Penkside (one seat)

Ralph Cooke (Labour)

Andrew Edwards (Conservatives)

Rowley (one seat)

Douglas Rouxel (Green)

Edward Smith (Labour)

Carolyn Trowbridge (Conservatives)

Seighford and Church Eaton (two seats)

Trevor Fisher (Labour and Co-operative Party)

Ray Sutherland (Conservatives)

Mark Winnington (Conservatives)

St Michaels and Stonefield (three seats)

Lynne Bakker-Collier (Conservatives)

William Carlin (Conservatives)

Geoff Collier (Conservatives)

Ian Fordham (Independent)

Cathey Gregory (Labour)

Andrew Illsley (UKIP Make Brexit Happen)

Rob Kenney (Independent)

Philip Leason (Independent)

Mike Osborne-Town (Labour)

Sally Osborne-Town (Labour)

Swynnerton and Oulton (two seats)

Roy James (Conservatives)

James Nixon (Conservatives)

Walton (two seats)

Mark Green (Independent)

Adrian Harding (Conservatives)

Jill Hood (Independent)

Tracey Lindop (Labour)

Mike Williamson (Conservatives)

Weeping Cross and Wildwood (two seats)

Jenny Barron (Conservatives)

Ray Barron (Conservatives)

Daniel Cadden (Labour)

Julie Read (Labour)