Walsall Council election 2019: Find out who's standing in your area
Find out who is standing for election in your area here.
One third of Walsall Council seats are up for grabs, with 64 candidates set do battle across 20 wards.
Voters across the borough will go to the polls on May 2.
Both the ruling Conservative group and Labour are fielding candidates in every single one of the 20 wards.
The Conservatives currently hold the upper hand, running a minority council with a four-seat advantage over Labour.
Liberal Democrats are fielding seven candidates, UKIP have selected 10, the Green Party has four and three will stand as independents.
Among the high-profile candidates are current Tory council leader Mike Bird, who will defend his Pheasey Park Farm seat and be looking to clock up his 40th year on the authority, having been first elected in 1980.
Walsall’s current Mayor Marco Longhi will defend his Pelsall ward seat, while a former civic leader of the town, Pete Smith, is hoping to regain a seat on the council in Blakenall.
Walsall Council is currently made up of 30 Conservative councillors, 26 Labour, two Liberal Democrats and two Independents.
Scroll down to see who is standing in each ward.
Birchills-Leamore
Gaz Ali (Conservatives)
Christopher Jones (Labour)
Blakenall
Pomy Kang (Conservatives)
Shaun McKenzie (Green)
Pete Smith (Independent)
Ann Young (Labour)
Bloxwich East
Shaun Fitzpatrick (Labour)
Corin Ann Statham (Conservatives)
Bloxwich West
Matt Follows (Conservatives)
Patti Lane (Labour)
Short Heath
Carl Brown (Labour)
Sarah-Jane Cooper (Conservatives)
Mohammed Yaqub (Liberal Democrats)
